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Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to the Capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent on August 23, 2022 to attend the Conclator of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu are also expected to attend a separate SCO meeting from their colleagues from other member countries from the group.
The SCO Defense Minister’s meeting took place about three weeks before the influential annual grouping summit.The Summit is scheduled for 15 and 16 September in Samarkand.
Tomorrow, August 23, I will be in Uzbekistan to take part in the SCO Defence Ministers Meet being held at Tashkent.
I will be holding a bilateral meeting with Uzbekistan’s Defence Minister, Lt. General Nizamovich, and also interact with the Indian community. Look forward to it.
— Rajnath Singh (मोदी का परिवार) (@rajnathsingh) August 22, 2022
Tomorrow, August 23, I will be in Uzbekistan to take part in the meeting of the SCO Defense Minister held in Tashkent. I will hold a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Defense Uzbekistan, Lieutenant General Nizamovich, and also interact with the Indian community. Look forward to, “said Mr. Singh.
The Minister of Defense is expected to return on the night of August 24 or the first half of August 25.
The SCO meeting is expected to consider regional security challenges including the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan.
SCO is an influential economic and security block and has emerged as one of the largest transregional international organizations.
This SCO was founded at Puncak in Shanghai in 2001 by the President of Russia, China, the Republic of Kirgistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
India has shown interest in deepening cooperation related to its safety with SCO and regional anti-terrorism structures (rats), which specifically discuss issues related to security and defense.
India was appointed observer in SCO in 2005 and generally participated in a ministerial level meeting from grouping, which focused mainly on security and economic cooperation in the Eurasian region.
