PM Modi calls for trade, mkt link at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet
This story was originally published at 15:23 IST on 1 September 2026
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NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday called for interconnectedness of trade, markets, and investments at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The agenda for the next 25 years is to transform "our shared geography into shared opportunities," he said in a post on social media platform X.
"We must work on the three pillars of security, connectivity and opportunity," Modi said, detailing the points raised during his address at the summit.
Noting that strong and reliable connectivity furthers shared development, Modi said India supports all initiatives that connect markets, facilitate trade, and open new avenues for development. "The real measure of our success should be: How many new opportunities have our efforts created for young people? How many new markets have opened for our entrepreneurs? How much have our farmers benefited from technology? And how much has the quality of life of our citizens improved?" the prime minister said.
He also called for the need to end the "menace of terrorism". The prime minister said member nations must dismantle the entire ecosystem of terrorist financing, recruitment, radicalisation, and safe havens. "Countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy and provide shelter and support to terrorists must receive a strong message that terrorism can never be a strategic asset," he added.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a Eurasian political, economic, and international security organisation of 10 member states. It focuses on political, economic, security and counter-terrorism cooperation. The 10 members under the bloc include India, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran. End
Reported by Vivek Das
Edited by Himanshi Gupta
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