SCO summit: PM Modi meets Xi Jinping in Tashkent - As it happened

Probed further by reporters about India's chances to secure membership in the 48-nation bloc, Swarup says: "This is a complex and delicate negotiation process. Whatever I had to say I have said all."

Addressing a press conference, Swarup says that PM Modi said China should contribute to emerging consensus in Seoul where the NSG is holding a plenary where it was expected to take up India's membership application. Amid China's continued stalling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping to judge India's application for NSG membership on its "merit". "Prime Minister Modi urged China to make a fair and objective assessment of India's application and judge it on its own merit.”