Delegates at the event (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA)

At the meeting, Indian Defense Minister talked with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Lavrov and praised India-Russia defense ties.

The SCO, established in 2001 in Shanghai, is one of the world’s biggest interregional economic and security organizations. Its original members are Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined in 2017.