InternationalSunday, 30 August 2026·The Hindu - International
Modi’s Central Asia visit links SCO, BRICS 2025 and India’s UN Security Council term
PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyz Republic is tied to SCO diplomacy, BRICS, and India’s 2028-2029 UN Security Council term.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-day visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic was linked to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the upcoming BRICS Summit in September, and India’s two-year UN Security Council term for 2028-2029.
Key specifics
- India’s trade in goods with Central Asia rose from $500 million in 2010 to more than $2 billion in 2025.
- The India-Central Asia Summit has not met since 2022.
- Modi had visited all five Central Asian states in 2015.
- The earlier Connect Central Asia policy was launched by the Manmohan Singh government in 2012.
- The visit aimed to rebuild connectivity, trade, travel and pipelines with Central Asia.
Exam lens
International relations question type: India-Central Asia diplomacy, SCO, BRICS, UN Security Council term, trade figures — a TNPSC one-liner may ask which year the Connect Central Asia policy began and what India’s trade value became by 2025.