Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tashkent earlier today to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) annual summit. In a special gesture PM's Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoev was at the airport to receive him.

In the two day summit, the SCO will start the process of India's accession to the grouping as a full-fledged member along with Pakistan. Coinciding with the SCO summit, the two-day annual plenary of the NSG begins on Thursday in Seoul during which India's application for membership of the atomic trading club will be looked into.