PM Modi leaves for home after attending SCO summit

June 24, 2016 19:06

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wrapped up his two-day visit here during which he attended the annual summit of the the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and held talks with Presidents of China, Russia and three other Central Asian countries.

The Prime Minister was here primarily to attend the annual SCO summit which today kick-started the process for India's accession into the the grouping as its full member.

In his address at the SCO summit, Modi said its partnership with India will help protect the region from threats of radicalisation, violence and terror. He said India's membership of the SCO will drive economic growth in the region.

Modi, who had arrived here yesterday, held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Uzbek President Islam Karimov yesterday.

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