External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Dushanbe, and made it clear that unilateral change of status quo was "unacceptable".
During the SCO meet in Dushanbe on Wednesday, NSA of member countries pledged cooperation in the joint fight against international terrorism, extremism and separatism.
Asserting that terrorism is the biggest challenge the region is facing, India on Monday criticised Pakistan for using it as an "instrument of state policy", and called upon the SCO to combat the menace collectively and enforce internationally recognised legal statutes to comprehensively eradicate safe havens, infrastructure and financial networks supporting terrorism.
In a stern message to China and Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the SCO summit on Tuesday said there should be respect for each others' sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Expressing serious concern over the "dangerous spread" of coronavirus and the mounting death toll, Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states said on Wednesday that the fight against COVID-19 requires coordinated and inclusive multilateral efforts.
Despite heightened tensions between the two nations over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir since August 5 when India withdrew special status to the state by reading down Article 370 of the Constitution, both countries are participating in the anti-terror drill in Orenburg.
On Wednesday, PM Modi said the global security situation as well as economic cooperation will be on the agenda at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan, and asserted that his visit to the Central Asian country will strengthen India's ties with the SCO member states.
"No meeting is being organised between Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. There is nothing more that I can add at this stage," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said here on Monday.
Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) Summit is due to be held on June 13-14. Talks between India and Pakistan have stalled since Pathankot Air Base attack in 2016.
Incidentally, this is not the first time Chinese Ambassador's remarks have been expunged from the embassy's website.
In his address to the representatives to the 13th meeting of Security Council Secretaries of the SCO here yesterday, Xi said maintaining regional security and stability has been the top priority of the bloc since it was founded.
It will be for the first time since Independence that India and Pakistan will both be part of a military exercise, though the armies of the two nations have worked together in UN peace keeping missions, they said.
Beijing: China today backed India's bid for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a Beijing-dominated security grouping. “China backs India and Pakistan becoming members of the SCO as the group has agreed to
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