SCO Summit: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conducted a dialogue with SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) on Thursday.
The agenda of the meeting between Jaishankar and Zhang Ming, which was held in Goa, was focused on the overall agenda of the ongoing SCO foreign minister’s meeting.
“Started my meetings at SCO CFM with a productive interaction with Secretary General Zhang Ming. Appreciate his support for India’s SCO Presidency,” Jaishankar tweeted.
“Indian presidency is driven by a commitment to SECURE SCO. Its key focus areas are startups, traditional medicine, youth empowerment, buddhist heritage and science & technology.Looking forward to a successful CFM in Goa,” he added.
The level of bilateral connections between member countries will have no bearing on the discussions during the SCO foreign ministers’ conclave, where the foreign ministers will examine the general issues the area is experiencing in light of the current geopolitical unrest.
One of the biggest transregional international groups, the SCO is a significant economic and security bloc.
The presidents of Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan established the SCO at a conference in Shanghai in 2001.
In 2017, the SCO had added Pakistan and India as permanent members. India was granted observer status at the SCO in 2005 and has regularly taken part in the group’s ministerial-level meetings, which primarily address security and economic cooperation in the Eurasian region.
India has expressed a strong desire to strengthen its security-related cooperation with the SCO and its Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS), which focuses on security and defense-related problems.
(With agency inputs)
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May 04, 2023 at 01:20PM
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