SCO summit 2022: This is the first in-person summit of the bloc in two years.
The 22nd regional summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is set to get underway today in Samarkand, Uzbekistan today. This is the first in-person summit of the bloc in two years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Samarkand last night and skipped the pre-summit event including an informal dinner. He is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin today.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will have his first face-to-face discussion with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Friday, state media reported. The meeting comes days after the Europen Union warned that negotiations to bring Iran and the US back into a nuclear deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme are in “stalemate”.
Leaders of the member state of the SCO yesterday participated in a tree planting event near the Congress Centre in the venue complex. However, Chinese President Xi Jinping planted the tree separately along with the Uzbekistan President in the day time before the group events in the evening. PM Modi skipped the pre-summit event as he landed late yesterday in Samarkand.
9:50 AM: SCO summit will begin
10:30 AM: Restricted 1+1 meeting of SCO leaders
12:10 PM: Extended meeting of SCO leaders
4:10 PM: Bilateral talks with Russia
4:50 PM: Bilateral talks with Uzbekistan
5:30 PM: Bilateral talks with Iran