Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Samarkand on Thursday 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.
TheSCOis holding its first in-person summit in Samarkand in Uzbekistan after two years.
The summit will also see the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Economic cooperation between Russia and China will continue to strengthen, reaching new heights in the near future, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit while meeting with China's leader, Xi Jinping, RT reported.
"Multifaceted ties between our countries are actively developing. Last year, the trade turnover increased by 35 per cent and exceeded $140 billion," Putin said, adding that in the first seven months of this year, the volume of mutual trade grew by another 25 per cent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday met his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi here on the sidelines of theSCOSummit in Uzbekistan's Samarkand and expressed his happiness about Tehran joining the eight-member grouping.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia welcomes energy cooperation with China and Mongolia.
President Putin was speaking at a trilateral meeting with the leaders of China and Mongolia at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Uzbek city of Uzbekistan.