PM Modi will address the two-day meeting of SCO on Friday. Before PM leaves for Uzbekistan, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said that PM Modi will have bilateral talks with the President of Uzbekistan and other heads of government in Samarkand. Modi is scheduled to meet Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Uzbek President Shaukat Mirziyoyev.
SCO Summit picture. (File Photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit today. He will also meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO summit. All eyes are on this meeting. This is the first meeting between the two leaders in the midst of the Ukraine-Russia war. Meanwhile, there are still doubts over the meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. India and China have also kept silence on this.
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On the eve of PM Modi's address in the two-day meeting, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Thursday that the PM's meeting with the President of Uzbekistan in Samarkand among others. There will be bilateral talks with the Heads of Government of many countries. However, he did not clarify whether he would hold talks with Jinping. Kwatra said that the meeting is expected to have fruitful discussions on relevant issues, trade and regional cooperation. The meeting will focus on development issues and will discuss trade and economic issues, dealing with common challenges including terror.
Modi is scheduled to meet Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Uzbek President Shaukat Mirziyoyev. Modi will also hold bilateral talks with the Heads of Government of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan.
Withdrawal increases the chances of Modi-Xi meeting
China has crossed the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh. The way he has started the withdrawal of his army just before the meeting, it has strengthened the possibility of Modi-Jinping meeting. In 2017 also, China resolved the Doklam dispute just before the G20 meeting to be hosted by it. After that PM Modi, who went there to attend this meeting, met President Jinping.
Shehbaz se nahi koi baat
PM Modi met Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif during this time. will not do. Earlier there were speculations about the meeting of the two leaders. The Indian government source clarified that since there has been no change in Pakistan's stand on terrorism and India's first condition is a ban on terrorism. In such a situation, there will be no talks between Modi-Sharif.
Attending with bad attitude
India has on many occasions recognized the changed foreign policy by showing diplomatic attitude. Before the meeting, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, now there is neither any non-aligned nor two superpowers in the world. India can make an independent foreign policy today. During Ukraine war, India adopted a different policy from America, Europe countries. Despite the pressure, oil imports from Russia did not stop. In such a situation, PM Modi's bilateral talks with the Iranian President are being considered very important.
SCO will become the largest regional organization
SCO currently includes Russia, Tajikistan, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan are included. India and Pakistan entered this group in the year 2017. This year, six new countries including four Arab countries have entered as dialogue partners with Iran. In this way the SCO of 15 countries will become the largest regional cooperation organization.
India's attack on Pakistan - everyone knows where terrorism is coming from
India ahead of SCO summit in Samarkand targeted Pakistan on terror. Without naming the neighboring country, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Friday that everyone knows where terrorism is coming from and who is behind the cross-border attacks.
On Pakistan's harboring of terrorism despite being a member of SCO and its Anti-Terrorist Regional Framework (RATS), Kwatra said, there are many ways to understand how different countries approach the challenges of terrorism in the region. Huh. There is no doubt that Pakistan is directly related to terror.
SCO countries show a serious understanding of terror. Emphasize cooperation to deal with it. Kwatra said, India has been pushing for a register of terrorist, extremist and separatist organizations and individuals in the SCO since becoming the chairman of the RATS Executive Council in October.
Kwatra said, RATS Director Mirjeev Ruslan Erkinovich had discussed preparing the terror register a few days ago in a meeting with NSA Ajit Doval and Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi. Kwatra also hit out at China for obstructing the proposal to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Azhar Masood as a global terrorist.
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