PM Modi to embark on Central Asian tour today, to visit Russia for BRICS, SCO summits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on an eight-day tour of Central Asian countries today. He will visit five Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and to Ufa in Russia where he will attend the BRICS and SCO back-to-back summits.