India’s Deputy NSA In Bishkek For SCO Meeting, Meets Kyrgyz Counterpart
India’s Deputy National Security Adviser Pavan Kapoor during bilateral engagements on the sidelines of the SCO Meeting of Security Council Secretaries in Bishkek, where discussions focused on regional security, strategic cooperation and India’s growing engagement with Central Asia. Image courtesy: Screen grabs via X.com/@IndiaInKyrgyz
India’s Deputy National Security Adviser, Pavan Kapoor, on Wednesday (May 13, 2026), visited Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan and met with that Central Asian nation’s Security Council Secretary Adilet Orozbekov on the sidelines of the 21st Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Meeting
Kapoor was in Bishkek to attend the SCO nations’ Security Councils Secretaries held on Wednesday (May 13) and Thursday (May 14), the Indian embassy in Kyrgyzstan announced on X.
Glimpses of Deputy NSA Pavan Kapoor's participation in the 21st Meeting of Secretaries of Security Councils of SCO Member States held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic on 14 May 2026.#SCO
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“Deputy NSA Pavan Kapoor met Adilet Orozbekov, Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, on 13 May 2026 in Bishkek on the margins of the SCO Meeting of the Secretaries of Security Councils,” the embassy posted on the social media platform.
The Indian Deputy NSA’s visit to Bishkek came less than a month after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was in Kyrgyzstan on April 28, when he met with his Kyrgyz, Kazakh, and Belarusian counterparts in bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the SCO Defence Ministers Meeting.
During Rajnath Singh’s meeting with Kyrgyz Defence Minister Major General Mukambetov Ruslan Mustafaevich, both sides discussed ways to strengthen the existing bilateral defence cooperation, India’s Defence Ministry had said then.
The Indian Defence Minister gifted the two Bhishm Aarogya Maitri Health Cubes to the Kyrgyz side, which were indigenously developed in India to ensure Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, and Search and Rescue during natural calamities.
Rajnath Singh also announced the completion of the project to install 12 sets of Computer Systems, each, at IT Centres of Kyrgyz Military Institute, Bishkek, and Military Unit 36806-Osh, followed by the successful installation of Wargaming Software and On-the-Job Training of the Personnel of the Kyrgyz Armed Forces.
In his meeting with the Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan, the Indian Defence Minister emphasised that defence cooperation between the two countries encompasses diverse sectors and it forms an important pillar of bilateral partnership.
During the meeting with the Defence Minister of Belarus, Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, Rajnath Singh underlined that India attaches high priority to developing a mutually beneficial partnership with Belarus and identified capacity building and training as among the major areas of cooperation.
In addition, Rajnath Singh briefly interacted with the Defence Minister of China, Admiral Dong Jun, and the Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov. During the discussions, the Ministers shared views on the regional and global security landscape, in particular the developments in West Asia.
