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Detailed explanation-1: -The 21st Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO Council of Heads of Government was held in the virtual format on Tuesday evening. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar represented India in the meeting.

Detailed explanation-2: -The SCO summit was held two years later in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 15 and 16 September. The next meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State will be held in 2023 in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): India has launched the official website of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as it will host the next SCO summit as a chairman of organisation in 2023. The website highlights the events that will be undertaken under the chairmanship of India next year.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is 2017. The historical meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held on 8-9 June 2017 in Astana. At the meeting, the status of a full member of the Organization was granted to the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.