Breaking News Live Updates: PM Modi to participate in the 26th SCO Summit today as India steps up its role in the Global South
Breaking News Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek on Tuesday, marking 25 years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. India, a full SCO member since 2017, is expected to use the gathering to advance regional security, connectivity and economic cooperation while engaging key Eurasian leaders.
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Modi’s participation comes at the end of his four-day Central Asia visit, which also took him to Uzbekistan for bilateral talks with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. He arrived in Bishkek on Sunday ahead of the SCO summit.
The summit provides India with a key platform to engage major regional powers, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid heightened geopolitical tensions and shifting regional alignments. The Modi-Xi-Putin presence together is also expected to draw considerable attention, although it does not by itself signal a new trilateral alignment.
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PM Modi to participate in the 26th SCO Summit today as India steps up its role in the Global South
Modi’s participation comes at the end of his four-day Central Asia visit, which also took him to Uzbekistan for bilateral talks with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. He arrived in Bishkek on Sunday ahead of the SCO summit.
The summit provides India with a key platform to engage major regional powers, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid heightened geopolitical tensions and shifting regional alignments. The Modi-Xi-Putin presence together is also expected to draw considerable attention, although it does not by itself signal a new trilateral alignment.