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PM Modi heads to China's Qingdao for SCO Summit, to hold bilateral talks with Xi Jinping: Full schedule

This is India's first participation as a full member of the SCO.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday morning left for China's Qingdao where he will attend the two-day long 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. This will be India's first participation in the summit as a full-time member of the organisation. India, along with Pakistan, became the full-time member during Astana summit in June 2017.

"An early morning start! PM @narendramodi heads to Qingdao, China for the annual meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 9-10 June. This is India's first participation as a full member of the Council.  #IndiainSCO," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said as PM left for Qingdao on Saturday morning.

"With 8 members, SCO represents approximately 42 percent of the world’s population, 22 percent of the land area and 20 percent of the GDP. #SCO focusses on political, economic, security and cultural cooperation & enables India to engage with Central Asian countries," Kumar added.  

On Friday, PM Modi said he was excited to lead the Indian delegation for the SCO's first-ever meeting with the country as a full member.

"I am excited to lead the Indian delegation for our first-ever meeting of the Council as a full member," Modi said in a Facebook post.

"On 9th and 10th June, I will be in Qingdao, China to take part in the annual SCO Summit. This will be India's first SCO Summit as a full member. Will be interacting with leaders of SCO nations and discussing a wide range of subjects with them," the prime minister tweeted.

Prime Minister Modi is also scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping apart from holding meetings with various other participating leaders. In the meeting, the two leaders will take stock of the implementation of decisions taken at the informal summit just over a month ago in Wuhan.

Discussions in the summit will take place on diverse issues ranging from combating terrorism, separatism and extremism to promoting cooperation in connectivity, commerce, customs, law, health and agriculture, protecting the environment and mitigating disaster risk and fostering people-to-people relations.

The member-countries are expected to sign the Qingdao Declaration. The declaration will hold details of the significant mechanism for resisting the global terror activities. Founded in 2001, the SCO currently comprises eight member states, India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan were admitted to the SCO last year.

Here is PM Modi's schedule in Qingdao today (all times local-IST+2.5): 

3:50 PM: Arrival in Qingdao

5:30 PM: Call on by Mr. Rashid Alimov, SCO Secretary-General

6:00 PM: Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jingping

6:45 PM: Meeting with Uzbekistan President Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev

7:50 PM: Banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jingping

10:00 PM: Meeting with Tajikstan President Mr. Emomali Rahmon

(With PTI inputs) 

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