Xi welcomes PM Modi at SCO
June 10, 2018 08:39
Chinese President Xi Jinping today welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Qingdao.
The second day of the 18th SCO summit commenced with a welcome ceremony and a group photo of leaders of the eight SCO member-states.
A restricted session is then scheduled which is to be attended only by the SCO members.
Thereafter, a plenary session will take place following signing ceremony and a joint press conference.
It is for the first time the Indian prime minister will be attending the SCO Summit after India along with Pakistan became a full-fledged members of the grouping, which has been increasingly seen as a counter to NATO.
The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.