June 23, 2016 02:50 am | Updated November 17, 2021 05:09 am IST - New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Tashkent on Thursday to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit and is expected to seek China’s support for India’s bid for NSG membership. Asked whether the PM will discuss the NSG issue with Mr. Xi, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs Sujata Mehta said usually a “full review of the bilateral ties takes place on such occasions.”
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