Qingdao, June 26 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with Kazakhstan's Defence Minister Lieutenant General Dauren Kosanov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' meeting in Qingdao, China, on Thursday.

Earlier, the defence minister met with his Tajikistan counterpart, Lieutenant General Emomali Sobirzoda, on the sidelines of the SCO.

Continuing his bilateral engagements, the Defence Minister also held a meeting with Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov and Belarusian counterpart, Lieutenant General Viktor Gennadievich Khrenin.

As part of the day's programme, the Defence Ministers of the SCO visited the Qingdao International Conference Centre, the venue of the 2018 SCO Summit, reflecting ...