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On 4 May 2023, SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming met with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council Meeting.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar praised the arrival of the SCO Secretary-General in India for the SCO Foreign Ministers Council Meeting. He noted that the agenda of India's SCO presidency focused on issues of promoting security and economic cooperation and prioritised connectivity, unity and mutual trust. India also prioritises opportunities for expanding cooperation in the field of startups, traditional medicine, the youth sphere, the Buddhist legacy, the sciences and technology.
The minister thanked Zhang Ming for promoting India's presidency and wished him successes in his work.
The SCO Secretary-General praised the work of India during its SCO presidency and assured Mr Jaishankar that the SCO Secretariat wanted to work proactively to successfully hold the main event, specifically, the SCO summit in New Delhi and to fulfill its resolutions as regards the organisation's modernisation and future development.