India, Aug. 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday begin a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, where he will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Modi will visit Uzbekistan from August 29 to 30 at President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's invitation before travelling to Bishkek on August 31 for the SCO Summit.

The meeting with Putin will be among several bilateral engagements Modi will hold on the margins of the summit, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday. Details of other meetings will be announced once they are finalised.

"A meeting is scheduled between both the leaders of India and Russia on the sidelines of the summit," se...