Always a delight: PM Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin share a warm hug during SCO Summit
Modi said in an article in X and the Russian leader, “always a pleasure to meet him.” Later on the day, the Prime Minister will make a dual meeting with him. With whom, after the general session, he will have bilateral talks today.
“The Prime Minister will appeal to the general session of the summit to summarize the approach of encouraging regional cooperation under India’s SCO umbrella. After this engagement, it is planned to hold a bilateral meeting after going to India with Russian President Vladimir Putin.” He said.
On Sunday, Modi made bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sides of the summit, while both leaders welcomed positive acceleration and stable progress in bilateral relations since the last meetings on the edges of the BRICS Summit in October 2024.
The two leaders have confirmed that the countries are “not competitors” Development partners “, and that their differences did not turn into disagreements and that they called for a necessary relationship and cooperation depending on the mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity and tendencies of the 21st century world for the growth and development of the two countries.
Modi underlined the importance of peace and peace in the border areas for the continuous development of bilateral relations.
SCO consists of 10 members. In addition to India, it includes Belarus, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
There are also several dialogue partners and observers. India has been an observer since 2005 since 2017.
During the membership, India was president of the SCO Government Council in 2020 and the chairman of the SCO Presidents Council from 2022 to 2023.
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