S Jaishankar to lead Indian delegation to SCO summit in Kazakhstan next week
The 2020–2021 Covid-19 pandemic caused the SCO summits to be televised.
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit next week, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday.
The SCO summit will be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on July 3-4.
During a weekly briefing here, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated, “The External Affairs Minister will lead our delegation there.”
Kazakhstan took over the chairmanship of the SCO from India, which was its chair last year. India hosts the SCO summit virtually in July 2023. This year’s host is Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who has proposed setting up a joint investment fund, among other initiatives.
In a telephonic conversation with the President of Kazakhstan on June 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his full support for the success of the upcoming summit to be held in Astana. During the conversation, the two leaders also reiterated their commitment to work together to advance the bilateral strategic partnership.
The Prime Minister expressed confidence that the leadership of Kazakhstan will greatly contribute to furthering regional cooperation.
“Had a nice talk with His Excellency Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan. expressed gratitude to him for his sincere wishes for the upcoming elections,” PM Modi wrote in a post on X.
