Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. India on Friday said its decision to hold the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the virtual format was taken considering a number of factors. India News | Decision to Host SCO Summit in Virtual Mode Based on Various Factors: MEA.
New Delhi: India will host the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the virtual format on July 4, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Tuesday.
However, it did not cite reasons for holding the summit in the virtual mode.
Last year, the in-person SCO summit took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand that was attended by
India assumed the rotating chairmanship of the SCO at the Samarkand Summit on September 16 last year. India hosted the foreign ministers of the SCO at a two-day conclave in Goa earlier this month.