PM Modi, Putin to discuss food supply, trade at global summit in Uzbekistan
India Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Uzbekistan on Friday, on the sidelines of the summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are slated to meet in Uzbekistan on Friday. On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the two leaders are set to take up trade talks and discuss the 'saturation' of the Indian market.
The SCO is an inter-governmental organisation that currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), four Observer States interested in acceding to full membership (Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia) and six Dialogue Partners (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey).
PM Modi is amongst 15 world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will participate at the summit in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand on September 15 and 16.
"There are plans to discuss issues of 'saturation' of the Indian market with Russian fertilisers and bilateral food supplies," news agency Reuters quoted the Kremlin's handout. PM Modi and Putin are set to discuss the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and bilateral cooperation in the United Nations and G20.
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"A conversation on the international agenda with (Indian PM) Modi will also take place, the sides will discuss issues of strategic stability, the situation in the Asia Pacific Region, and, of course, cooperation within major multilateral formats, such as the UN, the G20 and the SCO," Russian news agency TASS quoted President Putin's ade Yuri Ushakov as saying.
Ushakov underlined that the meeting between both leaders held more importance as India is set to preside over the United Nations Security Council in December and chair the SCO in 2023.
