NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana on July 3 and 4.
Kazakhstan is hosting the summit in its capacity as the current chair of the grouping. India, which was the chair of the SCO last year, hosted the SCO summit in the virtual format in July last year.
The summit is expected to focus on the regional security situation and ways to boost connectivity and trade.
“The Indian delegation at the SCO summit will be led by external affairs minister S Jaishankar,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters at his weekly media briefing.
The situation in Afghanistan, the Ukraine conflict, and boosting overall security cooperation among the SCO member countries, comprising India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, are expected to figure in the summit.
India’s association with the SCO began in 2005 as an observer country. It became a full member state of the SCO at the Astana summit in 2017.
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