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EMERGING ALLIANCE

MODI MEETS PUTIN

Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to Samarkand to attend the summit of the world’s

biggest region grouping, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). What is the significance

of Modi’s meetings with the Russian and Chinese presidents?

OUR BUREAU
Samarkand (Uzbekistan)
t is being called a historic meet-
ing in a historic city. On Friday,
IPrime Minister Narendra Modi
held a bilateral meeting with Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin on the
sidelines of the SCO summit here
and discussed important bilateral
and international issues including the
Ukraine war and the ways to address
the problems of food, fuel security
and fertilizers.
“Today’s era isn’t of war and I
have spoken to you about it on the
call. Today we’ll get the opportunity
to talk about how can we progress on
the path of peace. India-Russia has
stayed together with each other for
several decades,” the Prime Minister
said. “We spoke on the phone sever-
al times about India-Russia bilateral
relations and also on various issues.
We should find ways to address the
problems of food, fuel security and Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for a group picture with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistan PM
fertilizers. I want to thank Russia & Shehbaz Sharif, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and other leaders at the 22nd Meeting of the Council Heads of State of the Shanghai
Ukraine for helping us to evacuate
our students from Ukraine,” he add- Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Samarkand on Friday (ANI/ Arindam Bagchi Twitter)
ed.
In his remarks, the Russian Pres- Heads of SCO. he said India has more than 70,000 said that India is set to take an initia-
ident said that he knows about In- This is the first in-person SCO start-ups and over 100 unicorns. tive for a new SCO working group on
dia’s position and concerns regarding Summit after the Covid pandemic hit “We are focusing on a peo- traditional medicines. He highlight-
the Ukraine conflict. “I know about the world. The last in-person SCO ple-centric development model. We ed that WHO inaugurated its Global
your position on Ukraine’s conflict Heads of State Summit was held in are supporting innovation in every Centre for Traditional Medicines in
and your concerns. We want all of Bishkek in June 2019. sector. Today, there are more than Gujarat in April 2022 and it was the
this to end as soon as possible. We In his address at the summit, 70,000 start-ups and over 100 uni- first and only global center by WHO
will keep you abreast of what is hap- Modi on Friday reiterated to make corns in our country,” said PM Modi. for traditional treatment.
pening there,” Putin said. India a manufacturing hub in the “India’s economy is expected “In April 2022, WHO inaugurat-
Russia had launched a special wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to grow at a rate of 7.5 per cent this ed its Global Centre for Traditional
military operation in Ukraine in Feb- and the Russia-Ukraine war which year. I’m glad that ours is one of the Medicines in Gujarat. This was the
ruary this year. has caused global supply-chain dis- fastest growing economies among first & only global center by WHO
Uzbekistan is the current chair ruptions. “The world is overcoming the largest economies of the world,” for traditional treatment. India will
of SCO 2022 whereas India will be the COVID-19 pandemic. Several he added. The Prime Minister also take an initiative for a new SCO
the next chair of the Shanghai Co- disruptions occurred in the global raised the issue of “transit rights” of working group on traditional medi-
operation Organization. Putin and supply chain because of the COVID food supplies between the neighbor- cines,” PM Modi said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping have and Ukraine crisis. We want to trans- ing nations highlighting that it took PM Modi also emphasized tack-
congratulated India for the SCO form India into a manufacturing many months for India to send sup- ling the challenge of food security
Presidency in 2023 during the meet- hub,” PM Modi said. Highlighting plies to Afghanistan via Pakistan. and talked about India’s efforts to
ing of the expanded circle of the the country’s economic stability, Addressing the leaders, Modi Continued at next page... >>

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