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Post-Covid regional trade to be on PM Modi's agenda at SCO Summit

May hold first bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi since 2019

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Scheduled to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the two-day summit will be the first in-person meeting of most national leaders.

Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Sep 13 2022 | 9:44 PM IST

Building stronger intra-regional trade and connectivity in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and greater cooperation on health care will be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agenda at the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit that begins on Thursday, officials said.

Scheduled to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the two-day summit will be the first in-person meeting of most national leaders.

Establishing a stronger alliance that pushes for reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will also be pushed by India, officials added. Bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin would be the high point

Topics : Narendra Modi SCO summit BRICS Summit World Trade Organization Xi Jinping

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