Bishkek:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday concluded his two-nation tour and left for New Delhi after attending the twenty sixth Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek.
Earlier within the day, PM Modi attended the twenty sixth SCO Summit held underneath Kyrgyzstan’s chairmanship in Bishkek. He additionally held discussions with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith on the sidelines of the summit.
PM Modi and President Sisoulith held discussions on strengthening bilateral linkages between India and Laos.
“Met Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith, President of Lao PDR on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek. Had an awesome dialog on boosting bilateral linkages between our nations,” stated PM Modi.
Following his assembly with Rahmon, PM Modi expressed India’s readiness to spice up cooperation with Tajikistan throughout numerous sectors.
Previous to the Summit, PM Modi and different SCO leaders posed for a bunch {photograph}. PM Modi interacted with Chinese language President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier than posing with different SCO leaders for the group {photograph}.
The SCO includes 10 member states – Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It has two observer states – Azerbaijan and Armenia and 15 dialogue companions -Azerbaijan, Armenia, Egypt, Cambodia, Qatar, Kuwait, Laos, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Sri Lanka.
On Monday, PM Modi held a bilateral assembly with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
He additionally paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial in Bishkek and interacted with the Indian neighborhood members who had been current there to welcome him. PM Modi additionally attended the opening ceremony of the World Nomad Video games in Bishkek on Monday night and wished the taking part Indian contingent.
PM Modi arrived in Bishkek on Sunday after concluding his engagements in Uzbekistan. Throughout his go to, PM Modi held talks with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, paid tribute to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on the Shastri Memorial and visited the Mahatma Gandhi Centre on the Tashkent State College of Oriental Research.
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