Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uzbekistan on September 15-16 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit on the invitation of the country’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

“At the invitation of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Prime Minister Modi will be visiting Samarkand on September 15-16 to attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,” said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement issued .

During the summit, the leaders are expected to review the grouping’s activities over the past two decades and discuss the prospects of multilateral cooperation, it said.

As per the MEA, topical issues of regional and global importance are also expected to be discussed at the meeting.

PM Modi is also likely to hold a few bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit, according to the statement.

The summit will be attended by leaders of SCO member states, observer states, Secretary General of the SCO, Executive Director of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), President of Turkmenistan and other invited guests, it said.