New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Secretary (West) of the Ministry of External Affairs, Tanmay Lal on Tuesday met the newly appointed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev and discussed different avenues of cooperation.

This marked Yermekbayev's first official visit to India.

In a post on X, the Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal said, "Secy(West) Tanmaya Lal met the newly appointed SCO Secretary-General Mr. Nurlan Yermekbayev on his first official visit to India. Discussions focused on various avenues of cooperation in SCO."

Yermekbayev, arrived in Delhi earlier in the day.

"Warm welcome to Mr. Nurlan Yermekbayev, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organiza...