Rajnath Singh holds bilateral meetings with his Uzbek, Kazakh and Belarusian counterparts

New Delhi, Aug 24: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reached Tashkent, Uzbekistan on a three-day official visit for the Annual Meeting of the Defence Ministers' of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States.

 

 

 

As reported earlier, meetings were scheduled with Defence Ministers' of some other Member countries of SCO on the sidelines of this meeting. On the first day of his engagements, Rajnath Singh held bilateral meetings with his Uzbekistan counterpart Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov and Defence Minister of Kazakhstan Colonel General Zhaksylykov Ruslan Zhakslykov as well as Belarusian Defence Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin.

 

 

 

The entire spectrum of defence cooperation with the three countries was reviewed during the meetings, with focus on identifying avenues to expand mutually beneficial collaboration. Issues of mutual interest were also discussed.

 

 

Today, the Defence Minister will attend the Annual Meeting of the Defence Ministers' of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States. Defence cooperation issues among the SCO Member States will be discussed during the meeting. A joint communiqué is expected to be issued after the deliberations.

 

 

During the stay in Tashkent, Rajnath Singh will pay homage at the monument of late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and meet Indian Diaspora in Uzbekistan.