Mr Xi also congratulated India on becoming an official member state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) security bloc, jointly led by Russian Federation and China.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with a delegation, including Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir and Minister of State for Petroleum Jam Kamal, attended the meeting.
President Jinping congratulated India on its expected official membership of the SCO and stated China's willingness to strengthen cooperation with India under the SCO framework and jointly make positive contribution to its sound and steady development. Modi's comments on connectivity projects were made in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday said Pakistan, as full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), would strive further to achieve the collective objectives of the organization for regional cooperation, connectivity and economic prosperity. India and Pakistan were admitted to the SCO group as observers in 2005 and began the administrative process of joining the organisation in 2015.
"I thank the SCO for making India a part of this esteemed organization, which now represents 40 percent of humanity and almost 20 percent of global GDP", Modi said during his opening remarks at the two-day leader-level summit.
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"The expansion will undoubtedly help the SCO become a more powerful organization". "I am grateful to you for your efforts and support for India's SCO membership".
The two countries agreed to focus on cross-border connectivity and that China will share its transportation advantages on land and by sea with the world's biggest landlocked country to turn Kazakhstan into a key hub for transportation on the Eurasia continent.
"Terrorism is a violation of human rights and basic human values". The Prime Minister returned home in the early hours on 10 June 2017.
In the 2015 summit in Ufa in Russian Federation, the group had formally adopted a resolution which started the procedure to admit India and Pakistan into the SCO. "And also a sense that wherever we have concerns, each side will look at it with a degree of seriousness", Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said while briefing the media about the talks between the two leaders. Both the countries signed a Memorandum of Obligations to join the organisation in last year's summit in Tashkent.
Sartaj Aziz was also present during the meeting.
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