At SCO summit, Modi says countries sponsoring terrorism must be held accountable
The SCO is a China-led eight-member economic and security bloc with India and Pakistan being admitted to the grouping in 2017.
Day: June 14, 2019
Why did Modi choose Maldives, Sri Lanka as destinations for his first overseas visits?
It is in this backdrop that Modi’s visits to Maldives and Sri Lanka – his first official overseas destinations in his second term as Prime Minister – is expected to herald the second chapter for Modi’s Neighbourhood First policy. Its second edition is expected to mark a shift from India’s immediate to extended neighbourhood and from disputed land borders to maritime expanse making Modi an Indo-Pacific Prime Minister.