Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the Russian President Wladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping for dinner hosted by the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
What happened: Modi will travel to Shanghai Cooperation Organization‘s summit, where he is expected to exchange greetings with Putin and Xi in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand, The Times of India reported.
Although there was no official confirmation from the Indian Prime Minister’s office, the report noted that he would leave for the summit late Thursday afternoon. The Kremlin has already confirmed a bilateral meeting between Putin and Modi for Friday, saying that issues such as “strategic stability, the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and cooperation in major multilateral formats such as the UN, G20 and SCO” will be discussed will .
He is also expected to have bilateral meetings with the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Uzbek President.
Meanwhile, Putin and his Chinese counterpart will discuss the geopolitical situation regarding Ukraine and Taiwan in Uzbekistan. “The presidents will discuss both the bilateral agenda and the most important regional and international issues,” said the Russian diplomat and top Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov previously said at a briefing in Moscow.
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