Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves Samarkand after attending the SCO Summit. (Photo: ANI)Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2022 Live News Updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday advocated for visa-free travel between India and Russia while speaking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Uzbek city of Samarkand. Amid the ongoing warfare between Russia and Ukraine, Modi told Putin that it is not an era of war, news agency PTI reported.
It was the first meeting between the two leaders since the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February this year. Though India has not yet criticised Russia for its Ukraine invasion, it has been advocating for resolution of the crisis through dialogue. It is learnt that the two leaders, who held talks on the sidelines of the annual summit, discussed bilateral, regional and global issues.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan on Friday handed over the rotating presidency of the eight-member SCO to India. Taking to Twitter, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov wrote: “As a result #SCOSamarkandSummit, India will host next SCO summit as a chairman of Organisation in 2023. We will do our best to assist India, our strategic partner, in the implementation of this responsible mission.”
Speaking at the SCO summit Friday, Modi said Indian economy is expected to grow by 7.5 per cent this year and thus will be the highest among the largest economies in the world. In his address in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, the prime minister also said India is progressing towards becoming a manufacturing hub. The second day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit kicked off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Russian President Vladimir Putin in attendance, among others.
The summit is set to deliberate on regional security challenges, boosting trade and energy supplies among other issues. PM Modi is expected to hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit, including with Putin, and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev among other leaders.
"Today, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation family is the world’s largest regional organisation, which has united a huge geographical space and about half of the population of our planet."
President Vladimir Putin on Friday brushed off a lightning Ukrainian counter-offensive with a smile but warned that Russia would respond more forcefully if its troops were put under further pressure. Speaking after a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, Putin cast the invasion as a necessary step to prevent what he said was a Western plot to break Russia apart. --Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday advocated for visa-free travel between India and Russia while speaking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Uzbek city of Samarkand. Amid the ongoing warfare between Russia and Ukraine, Modi told Putin that it is not an era of war, news agency PTI reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday asked SCO member states to guard against "colour revolutions" instigated by "external forces" and asked them to maintain strategic independence and safeguard regional stability, in a veiled attack on the US as it expands its influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Addressing the 22nd SCO summit here in the historic Uzbek city, Xi also announced plans to establish a centre in China to train counter-terrorism personnel by the grouping and mooted a development bank to speed up regional economic integration.
Xi congratulated India for taking over the rotating Presidency of the Beijing-based eight-member regional grouping. --PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hold a meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on the sidelines of the SCO Summit.
Uzbekistan on Friday handed over the rotating presidency of the eight-member SCO to India. Taking to Twitter, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov wrote: “As a result #SCOSamarkandSummit, India will host next SCO summit as a chairman of Organisation in 2023. We will do our best to assist India, our strategic partner, in the implementation of this responsible mission.”
: Referring to the ongoing warfare between Russia and Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, told Russian President Vladimir Putin that it is not an era of war, news agency PTI reported. It is the first meeting between the two leaders since the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February this year. Though India has not yet criticised Russia for its Ukraine invasion, it has been advocating for resolution of the crisis through dialogue. It is learnt that the two leaders, who held talks on the sidelines of the annual summit, discussed bilateral, regional and global issues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Summit in the historic Uzbek city of Samarkand during which they discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors.The two leaders are in Samarkand to attend the SCO summit. "PM @narendramodi held talks with President @RTErdogan on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Samarkand. The two leaders discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted.The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.Over the years, it has emerged as one of the largest trans-regional international organisations. India and Pakistan became its permanent members in 2017.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he highlighted India's efforts to popularise millets and tackle food security challenges. The PM said that he also emphasised the role SCO can play in the post-Covid era.
"At the SCO Summit, also emphasised on tackling the challenge of food security. In this context, also talked about India's efforts to further popularise millets. SCO can play a big role in marking 2023 as International Year of Millets," the PM said in a tweet.
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Participating at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the SCO member countries should grant rights to transit and improve connectivity. Modi’s reference was clearly to Pakistan, whose Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was present at the SCO leaders’ session.
The Prime Minister also flagged the impact on global supply chains due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the energy and food security issues.
Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed support for India, which is going to assume the Presidency of the SCO and will host the summit next year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the summit Friday, said that India will take an initiative for a new SCO working group on traditional medicines.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the summit Friday, said there are over 70,000 start-ups in India.
'We are focussing on a people-centric development model. We are supporting innovation in every sector. Today there are more than 70,000 start-ups and over 100 unicorns in our country,' he said.
He added: "India’s economy is expected to grow at the rate of 7.5% this year. I'm glad that ours is one of the fastest growing economies among the largest economies of the world."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the summit Friday, said he will set up a special working group on start-ups and innovation and share its findings with the SCO members.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the summit Friday, said he wants to transform India into a manufacturing hub.
'The world is overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic. Several disruptions occurred in the global supply chain because of the Covid and Ukraine crisis. We want to transform India into a manufacturing hub,' he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that pipeline gas supplies to Pakistan were possible and part of the infrastructure was already in place, Russian state-owned new agency RIA reported.
Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met on Thursday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, in Uzbekistan.
"The prime minister reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to work closely with Russia to further expand and strengthen cooperation between the two countries across all areas of mutual benefit including food security, trade & investment, energy, defence and security," a statement from Sharif's office said.
PM Modi Friday joined SCO leaders for discussions on topical, regional and international issues, including regional peace and security, trade and connectivity, culture and tourism, said MEA India in a tweet.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping stayed away from a dinner attended by 11 heads of states at a regional security summit in line with his delegation's Covid-19 policy, a source in the Uzbek government told Reuters Friday.
Xi, who is making his first foreign trip since the beginning of the pandemic, is attending a meeting this week of the China- and Russia-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Uzbek city of Samarkand.
However, he was absent from group photographs published late on Thursday when the leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan, went for dinner. An Uzbek government source confirmed Xi's absence and said the Chinese delegation cited its Covid-19 policy as the reason. (Reuters)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation along with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders of the other member states of the influential grouping.
Ahead of the deliberations at the restricted format of the summit, leaders of the permanent members of the grouping posed for a group photo. At the venue of the summit, Modi was warmly greeted by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. (PTI)
The second day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit kicked off Friday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Russian President Vladimir Putin in attendance, among others. The SCO is holding its first in-person summit in Samarkand in Uzbekistan after two years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was warmly welcomed in Samarkand, Uzbekistan where he landed late on Thursday to attend the SCO Summit.
Russia can supply gas to Pakistan as necessary infrastructures are already in place, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday during his meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Uzbekistan.
The high-level meeting took place shortly after Prime Minister Sharif reached Samarkand in Uzbekistan to attend the annual meeting of the SCO's Council of Heads of State (CHS) during a two-day visit — from September 15 to 16.
"The issue is about pipeline gas supplies from Russia to Pakistan, which is also possible, which means part of infrastructure has already been created, meaning Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. We have to solve the Afghan issue," Putin was quoted as saying by Russia's state-run TASS news agency.
"Of course, there are problems connected with political stability, but having in mind our mutually good relations with the Afghan people, I hope this problem can also be solved, I mean Pakistan's influence on the situation in the country," he added. (PTI)