Dushanbe, Oct. 20 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on Bukhoro Street in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Singh is representing India at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of Government meeting in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, where leaders and representatives of member countries have gathered for discussions under the regional grouping.

Addressing the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Dushanbe today, the Defence Minister also announced that India will host the first Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Civilisation Dialogue Forum by the end of this year, inviting all member countries to participate in the initiative aimed at strengthening cultural ties and mutual under...