SCO summit 2022 live updates: India takes over SCO rotating presidency

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai cooperation organisation summit. The two leaders discussed issues of bilateral and mutual interests. Prime Minister Modi earlier attended the 22nd SCO summit, which was hosted by President Mirziyoyev in this historic Uzbek city of Samarkand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told Russian president Vladimir Putin that "today's era is not an era of war", and the focus should be on addressing food, fertiliser and fuel security concerns plaguing the world. During a bilateral meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, PM Modi said: "Today's era isn't of war and I have spoken to you [Putin] about it on many calls. Today, we will get the opportunity to talk about how can we progress on the path of peace. India-Russia has stayed together with each other for several decades."

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his Central Asian neighbours on Friday not to allow outsiders to destabilise them with "colour revolutions" and offered to set up a regional counterterrorism training center. Xi's comments at a security summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from Central Asia, India and Iran reflect official Chinese anxiety that Western support for pro-democracy and human rights activists is a plot to undermine Xi's ruling Communist Party and other authoritarian governments. Read full story

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai cooperation organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand on Friday. Uzbekistan is the current chair of SCO 2022 whereas India will be the next chair of the SCO. Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev welcomed PM Modi to the Congress Centre in Samarkand for the 22nd SCO summit.