A joint press communique released after the SCO summit in Astana said that granting India and Pakistan membership will boost the organization's development and potential.
India and Pakistan today joined the SCO, the first-ever expansion of the China-dominated security grouping that is increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
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India's membership was strongly pushed by Russia while Pakistan's entry into the grouping was backed by China. With the expansion of the grouping, the SCO will now represent over 40 per cent of humanity and nearly 20 per cent of the global GDP.
PM Modi hoped that India’s entry into the SCO family will give a new momentum to the grouping in dealing with terrorism.
An editorial in Global Times, however, added that the admission of India and Pakistan as SCO members will further diversify the organisation.
The two Prime Ministers are in the Kazakh capital to attend the two-day summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
Sartaj Aziz, the Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs, too did not respond to a query on a possible Modi-Sharif tete-e-tete.
The Prime Minister will address the SCO Summit on Friday and is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping amid growing differences between the two countries over a host of issues.
India's entry into the China-dominated grouping is seen as a major milestone as it is expected to increase the group's heft in regional geo-politics and trade negotiations besides giving it a pan-Asian hue.
India will be admitted as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) during the summit of the regional grouping on June 8-9 in Kazakhstan, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present
A global consensus had been achieved that the international community had to jointly tackle terrorism. No single country or party has the capacity to tackle the menace alone, observed China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Li Huilai
The political and security grouping - headquartered in Beijing - was founded in 2001 and comprises Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, besides China as full members.
A meeting between PM Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif is likely on cards on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana this June, a Pakistani media report has said.
China has expressed hope that India and Pakistan, as members of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), will work with other members to ensure stability in the region.
India and Russia on Friday discussed cooperation in civil nuclear energy and partnership in the gas and petrochemicals sector during a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin here.
India is all set to sign a Memorandum of obligation to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) today.
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