(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: 20th SCO Heads of State Summit 2020

Topic: 20th SCO Heads of State Summit 2020

Guest:

Manjeev Singh Puri, (Former Ambassador)
Dhruv C. Katoch, (Director, India Foundation)
K. P. Nayar, (Strategic Analyst)

Topic Description:

The SCO Summit held on Tuesday under the Russian Presidency adopted 16 documents including key ones on countering spread of extremist ideologies and promoting digital economy. The leaders discussed the current state and priority goals of SCO activities in the context of the dominant global political and economic processes. While speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit on Tuesday, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on the importance of countries respecting each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. PM Narendra Modi, during his virtual speech, also pointed out the attempts being made to hinder with the SCO’s agenda. The prime minister was virtually addressing the 20th summit of the SCO Council of Heads of State, and it was the first time that PM Modi and Xi Jinping were coming face to face after the India-China border conflict.