18th SCO summit in Qingdao,CHINA

 

In news:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain met in 18th SCO summit in Qingdao.
  • After engaging with China in Wuhan and Qingdao, India appeared to be rebalancing its ties with Pakistan in order to build bridges with Eurasia, within the framework of the eight-nation SCO.
  • India is exploring the possibility of connectivity to Central Asia through the Pakistan-Afghan corridor, under the SCO framework.
  • SCO has resolved to fight terrorism, separatism and extremism with a renewed vigour in the next three years, and called for a unified global counter-terrorism front under the coordination of the UN [UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism].
  • In the summit, the leaders also talked about the special role of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure in the fight against “the three evils” — terrorism, extremism and separatism — to ensure regional security.

 

About SCO

  • SCO is a Eurasian political, economic, and military organisation.
  • It was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
  • The headquarters in Beijing, China.
  • June 2017, at a summit in Astana, India and Pakistan officially joined SCO as full-fledged members.
  • Currently, China is the host and chair of the SCO.

PM Modi also spelt out his new mantra applicable to the SCO, which he termed as SECURE:

  • ‘S’ for security of citizens,
  • ‘E’ for economic development,
  • ‘C’ for connectivity in the region,
  • ‘U’ for unity,
  • ‘R’ for respect of sovereignty and integrity, and
  • ‘E’ for environmental protection.

FACT:

  • India and Pakistan relations have been strained after an attack on an Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan-based terror organisations in 2016.

Article link: India rebalancing ties with Pak. to open path to Eurasia

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