New Delhi
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) declared on Friday that S. Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, will head the Indian mission to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting the following week.
The SCO summit is scheduled to occur in Kazakhstan’s capital city of Astana on July 3–4.
MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated during a weekly briefing here, The External Affairs Minister will be leading our delegation there.
India, which presided over the SCO last year, was replaced by Kazakhstan. In July 2023, India will virtually host the SCO summit. The president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, is the host this year. Among his many proposals is the creation of a cooperative investment fund.
On June 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with the President of Kazakhstan over the phone and expressed his unwavering support for the next summit in Astana. The two presidents reaffirmed during the discussion their determination to keeping cooperating to develop bilateral strategic alliances.
The PM expressed hope that Kazakhstan’s leadership will significantly advance cooperation within the region.
I had a fruitful discussion with H.E. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan. Expressed gratitude to him for his well wishes for the upcoming elections, PM Modi wrote in a post on X.
Stated unequivocally that we will work to further our strategic partnership with Kazakhstan. Expressed India’s unwavering support for the forthcoming SCO Summit’s success, he continued. The 2020–2021 COVID-19 epidemic caused the SCO meetings to be televised.
