PM Modi, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin to meet at Bishkek at the SCO Summit: Trade, regional security, West Asia war on agenda

PM Modi at SCO Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting today at the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The two-day summit, held on August 31 and September 1, marks 25 years of the SCO’s existence. Key topics include regional security, terrorism, transnational threats, trade, energy, transport connectivity and digital cooperation. Advertisement Discussions are also expected on the ongoing conflicts in West Asia, the Ukraine war and other regional developments. Several leaders, including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…