PM Modi in Uzbekistan for SCO summit, likely to hold talks with Putin | Top points

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Uzbekistan's Samarkand for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2022. He is likely to hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Uzbekistan's Samarkand to attend the two-day 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). PM Modi is expected to hold bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a regional summit. The SCO summit is set to deliberate on regional security challenges, boosting trade and energy supplies among other issues.

Here are the top developments of the story:

-PM Modi was welcomed by Uzbekistan PM Abdulla Aripov, Ministers, Governor of Samarkand region, and senior officials, said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi. Fireworks were organised to welcome leaders from various countries who have arrived to attend the SCO summit.

Landed in Samarkand to take part in the SCO Summit. pic.twitter.com/xaZ0pkjHD1

-The prime minister will participate in the SCO Summit and will hold bilateral meetings with the President of Uzbekistan and some of the other leaders attending the Summit on Friday.

-PM Modi is expected to have bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand.This will be his first in-person meeting after the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict.