Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned after his six-nation tour of Russia and five Central Asian countries. During the tour he attended BRICS and SCO Summits and had talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and other leaders.
He travelled to Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
While leaving Tajikistan capital Dushanbe, he tweeted saying:
In another tweet, he said:
During his stay in Ufa in Russia, Modi attended the Summit of the five-nation BRICS, which focussed on economic and security cooperation.
He also attended the Summit of the six-member grouping, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which decided to grant full membership to India as also Pakistan.
On the sidelines of the Summit, Modi held a meeting with Sharif during which a host of significant decisions were taken to improve ties.
Among the major decisions was that NSAs of the two countries will meet to discuss terrorism and efforts would be made to speed up the trial in Mumbai attack case, including providing of voice samples of the accused.
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