EAM S Jaishankar to embark on two-day visit to Uzbekistan

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will be on a two-day visit to Uzbekistan from today to take part in the meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers. The meeting will discuss preparations for the upcoming Meeting of the Council of Heads of State on 15th and 16th September 2022 in Samarkand. 

They will review ongoing cooperation in the expansion of the SCO Organisation and exchange ideas



on regional and global developments of common concern. The SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organization.

It is a political, economic and military organization aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the Eurasian region. Its current members are Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan and Iran.