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Jaishankar meets Xi, reminds SCO of need to combat terror, separatism

July 16, 2025 1:43 am

Raises Pahalgam attack, says it was done to sow religious divide in India

SCO is a reminder: India needs to rethink its regional policy

June 30, 2025 7:47 am

Delhi can’t rely on multilateral forums to fight battle against terror.

China to host SCO defence officials meet to discuss future security cooperation: Officials

March 14, 2025 10:40 pm

Spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defence said the representatives from defence ministries of the Shanghai SCO member states and its secretariat will attend the meeting and exchange views on future defence and security cooperation.

In India-Pakistan meet on sidelines of SCO, a kind of hope

October 18, 2024 11:56 am

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad has reignited optimism — about the possibilities and potential of a departure from adversarial postures

‘I understand India’s position (on not holding talks)... can it be perpetual?’: Pakistan former caretaker PM

October 16, 2024 10:10 am

Pakistan is, if it is not the nucleus, but it, at least, is one of the most important players of the SCO and it shows our role in the region

SCO meet today: Jaishankar in Islamabad, is the first EAM to visit Pakistan in 9 years

October 16, 2024 7:53 am

Speaking to The Indian Express, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said: “He is a guest of Pakistan. Pakistan has welcomed all leaders who have decided to come to attend this conference".

India and the SCO: Takeaways from the recent summit

July 07, 2023 10:31 am

India’s hosting of the SCO summit so soon after the PM’s historic visit to the US is seen as a key marker of New Delhi’s strategic autonomy in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war. While differences with Beijing and Islamabad are likely to pose a challenge, it is important for New Delhi to make sure that its ties with other SCO countries get a boost through this grouping

C Raja Mohan writes: Move over SCO and BRICS — swing states are set to take precedence

July 05, 2023 6:09 pm

Delhi will continue to sit in SCO and BRICS, but its growing bilateral engagement with key swing states — in resource rich Africa, capital rich Gulf, and technology-rich Europe — is likely to be far more consequential for India’s rise

'Some countries use cross-border terrorism as instrument in sync with their policy': PM Modi at SCO summit

July 04, 2023 4:59 pm

Meanwhile, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif said the "hydra-headed monster" of terrorism and extremism whether committed by “individuals, groups or at state level” must be fought with full vigour and conviction, as he warned against using it as a cudgel for diplomatic point-scoring.

SCO meeting in Goa: The West is wrong – the grouping isn't blindly pro-Russia

May 05, 2023 11:00 am

SCO states do not feel morally obligated to endorse either side. A sense prevails that both parties made mistakes

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