SCO Summit 2022 in Uzbekistan live updates: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit will be held on September 15-16 in the city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan. The SCO, which is currently the largest regional bloc in the world, has eight full-time members - India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Iran is expected to become the latest member of the bloc this year. This edition of the summit will be the first in-person one since the COVID-19 pandemic and it will also take place against the backdrop of several major global events.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Uzbekistan s historic city of Samarkand to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, which is set to deliberate on regional security challenges, boosting trade and energy supplies among other issues.