Context:
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members to adopt a unified and consistent approach to eliminate terrorism, emphasizing zero tolerance and rejecting double standards, especially on state-sponsored cross-border terrorism in its recent meet in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on April 28, 2026.
- SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) is a Eurasian political, economic, and security grouping established in 2001 at Shanghai.
- Originated from the Shanghai Five (1996): China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan; later expanded.
- Current members: China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran (recently added).
- Focus areas: regional security, counter-terrorism, anti-extremism, connectivity, economic cooperation.
- Key body: RATS (Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure) based in Tashkent for intelligence sharing and coordination.
- SCO works on principles of sovereignty, non-interference, consensus-based decision making.
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SCO Counter Terrorism: India’s Call for Unity