Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit today

New Delhi; Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit on Thursday, with the goal of taking bilateral ties to "newer heights."
Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan will participate in the virtual event.

The summit exemplifies the importance that both sides' leaders place on a comprehensive and long-term India-Central Asia partnership.Aside from regional security and the Afghan issue, trade and connectivity, development partnerships, culture, and people-to-people ties will be emphasised.
In an earlier statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that this will be the first of its kind at the level of leaders between India and Central Asian countries.

In 2015, Prime Minister Modi made a historic trip to all of Central Asia. Following that, high-level discussions took place at bilateral and multilateral forums.
The establishment of the India-Central Asia Dialogue at the level of Foreign Ministers, whose third meeting took place in New Delhi from December 18-20, 2021, has given a boost to India-Central Asia relations.

The participation of the Secretaries of Central Asian National Security Councils in the Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan, which took place in New Delhi on November 10, 2021, outlined a common regional approach to Afghanistan.