<p>Qingdao [China], June 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday departed for India after concluding two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China's Qingdao city.</p><p>He emplaned for New Delhi's AFS Palam from Qingdao Liuting International Airport.</p><p>Prime Minister Modi held a series of bilateral meetings with leaders of other SCO countries.</p><p>Other leaders attending the summit include Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Afghanistn President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain.</p><p>Earlier in the day, the SCO leaders inked a number of agreements during the signing-in ceremony at the summit.</p><p>The SCO leaders signed the Qingdao Declaration and agreements on security, economic cooperation and people-to-people exchanges during the ceremony, which was held at Qingdao International Convention Center on the final day of the 18th SCO summit.</p><p>PM Modi and Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain were seen shaking hands after signing of the agreements at the summit.</p><p>This is the first SCO summit wherein both India and Pakistan are attending as full-time members.</p><p>India and Pakistan became full members of the organisation at Astana Summit in Kazakhstan in June last year.</p><p>The final day of the two-day annual summit commenced with a welcome ceremony and a group photo of leaders of the eight SCO member-states.</p><p>The SCO was founded in Shanghai 17 years ago and it now accounts for nearly half of the world's population and over 20 per cent of global GDP.</p><p>It is by far the largest regional organisation in the world.(ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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