<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">The plenary session of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit began at Chinese city of Qingdao with the address of Chinese President Xi Jinping. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mr Xi are expected to define the course of the SCO during the session. Earlier, heads of eight-SCO member countries held a restricted meeting.  </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Later in the day, Mr Modi will have bilateral meetings with Presidents of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.Mr Modi reached Qingdao yesterday on a two-day visit to take part in the SCO summit.</div>