This is the first official announcement about Xi’s participation in the SCO summit being hosted by India
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend next week’s virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) being hosted by India, an official announcement here said on Friday, a PTI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Xi will attend via video-conference in Beijing, the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads meeting of the SCO on July 4, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said.
This is the first official announcement about Xi’s participation in the SCO summit, an influential economic and security bloc that has emerged as one of the largest trans-regional international organisations.
It was founded in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan became its permanent members in 2017.
For this year, India holds the rotating Presidency of the organisation.
Ahead of the summit to be held for the first time under India’s Presidency, India on Tuesday inaugurated an exquisitely designed ‘New Delhi Hall’ at the SCO Secretariat in Beijing.
While the SCO’s six founding members, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have their halls highlighting their cultures and unique features, India is the first to add its own.
Virtually inaugurating the hall, External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar in his address said the New Delhi Hall, is conceived to be a “mini-India” showcasing various facets of Indian culture.
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