Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the plenary session on the second day of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
In his address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi articulated India’s position on dealing with major challenges facing the world including ways to tackle terrorism, and boosting trade and investment in the region. “Afghanistan is an unfortunate example of the effect of terrorism. I hope the brave steps towards peace taken by President Ghani will be respected by all in the region,” PM Modi said at the summit.
Modi arrived in Qingdao on Saturday to attend the two-day SCO summit. The Prime Minister and Xi Jinping on Saturday held “very substantive” talks during which they agreed to hold the next informal summit in India next year besides resolving to continue efforts to ensure peace and tranquility along the border.
”Only 6% of foreign tourists in India are from SCO countries, this can easily be doubled. Increasing awareness of our shared cultures can help boost this number.We will organize a SCO food festival and a Buddhist festival in India,” PM Modi stated.
This is India’s first participation in the summit as a full-time member of the organisation.
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