The 21st Summit of the SCO will be held on Sept. 17, and PM Modi will participate virtually

The 21st meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) Council of Heads of State will be held in Tajikistan's Dushanbe on September 17.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will without a doubt deal with the plenary consultation of the summit, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a announcement on Wednesday.

The meeting will be chaired by means of Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will constitute India in Dushanbe, the assertion introduced.

The SCO is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It might be the first SCO Summit being held in a hybrid layout and the fourth Summit that India will take part as a complete-fledged member of SCO.

At the Summit, the leaders are anticipated to study the agency's activities during the last a long time and discuss the state and possibilities of destiny cooperation.

The summit may be attended by using the leaders of the SCO member states, observer states, secretary-standard of the SCO, govt director of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), and other invited visitors.