 Namaskar. India warmly welcomes all heads of government of SCO member states. Our nation attaches special importance to its engagement with SCO in promoting multilateral, political, economic and people-to-people cooperation in the region while maintaining peace and stability in the region with enhanced counter-terrorism measures. Since joining the SCO in 2017 at the Astana Summit, India has played a proactive and constructive role in promoting the prosperity and development of its member states. It is our privilege to chair the SCO Council of Heads of Government in 2020 and we would like to further contribute to substantiate cooperation with all member states of the organization in areas of its core strands. As a way forward, India's Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi suggests two defining mantras to ensure holistic, inclusive and determinate steps to the future. Collectively, these will form the guidelines based on which India plans to promote a healthy atmosphere across the region, boasting trade, economy and connectivity. Gaping this in mind and to facilitate all SCO processes, India has proposed three new pillars of cooperation, start-up and innovation, science and technology and traditional medicine. India's philosophy of Vasudeva Kutumbakam teaches us to see the world as one family and we engage with the SCO from this inclusive perspective. We thank all member states for their consistent support to our chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of Government in 2020 and look forward to hosting the in-person convention for all member states in India in the future. Thank you.