Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent on August 23, 2022 to attend a defence ministerial conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu are also expected to attend the SCO meet apart from their counterparts from other member nations of the grouping.
The SCO defence ministerial meeting is taking place around three weeks ahead of the annual summit of the influential grouping.