Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Tuesday, highlighting India's contribution to the group over the past six years. He also stressed the need for the member nations to work together to eliminate the menace of terrorism.
"Prime Minister underlined India's contribution to SCO especially in the last six years as a member state. Highlighted the new spheres of cooperation, introduced and nurtured by India in the SCO, especially in fields of startup and innovation, traditional medicine, youth empowerment, digital inclusion and shared Buddhist heritage of SCO member states," Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said.
The meeting was also attended by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. (With inputs from agencies)
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