Modi to leave for Tashkent tomorrow to attend SCO summit

June 22, 2016 19:36

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Tashkent tomorrow to attend the annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation which will kick off the process of India's accession to the grouping as a full fledged member along with Pakistan.

The prime minister will have a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow on the sidelines of the summit during which he is expected to seek China's support for India's bid for NSG membership, which Beijing is opposed to.

The two-day annual plenary session of the Nuclear Suppliers Group will begin in Seoul tomorrow during which India's application for membership of the elite nuclear trading club may come up for deliberation.

Asked at the media briefing whether the PM will discuss the NSG issue with Xi, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs Sujata Mehta refused to give a direct answer but said usually a "full review" of the bilateral ties takes place on such occasions.

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