<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">External Affairs Ministry has said that the forthcoming Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-SCO Council of Heads of State will be held on 4th of next month in a virtual format. In reply to a query during weekly media briefing in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that preparations for the successful organisation and holding of the Summit are underway. Mr Bagchi  said India is confidant that the  Summit will produce notable outcomes.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The theme of the SCO Summit is 'Towards a SECURE SCO'. The SECURE acronym was coined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2018 SCO Summit and stands for Security, Economy and Trade, Connectivity, Unity, Respect for Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity and Environment. These themes have been highlighted during India's Chairmanship of SCO.India assumed the rotating Chairmanship of SCO at the Samarkand Summit on 16 th September last year.</span></p>