The SCO aimed at strengthening friendly relations among states, maintenance of peace, stability and security in the region, building a new, just and rational global political and economic order, joint efforts in combating terrorism, extremism, separatism and the menace of narcotic substances.
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Modi called it a “logical extension of India’s age-old ties with the region” and said India was “grateful” to the SCO member-states for the support.
Cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) should be among the priorities of the economic policy of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the SCO summit in Tashkent on 24 June, BelTA has learned. Our partnership will protect our societies from the threats of radical ideologies of hate, violence and terror.
The foreign ministers of member states including China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan had adopted the memorandum of obligations for Pakistan and India last month.
India will have to sign around 30 other documents in the course of the year to complete the process for membership.
He said China should contribute to the emerging consensus in Seoul. This constitutes a key step in the process for Pakistan’s full membership of SCO.
“India and Pakistan formally joining the SCO as full-fledged members will undoubtedly become a new page in the organization’s history”. But unlike Russia, China may be reluctant to give it a strong anti-Western flavour.
“Taking into account high significance of global transportation in the trade and economic cooperation Belarus is ready to become “a western gate” for the SCO member states on their way to the European continent”.
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Modi, in his address at the SCO summit, also welcomed Pakistan as a new member, and added that the organisation now represents “40 per cent of humanity and over a billion youth”. It also faces geo-political complexities and security challenges.And, connectivity among the countries of the region is crucial to our economic prosperity. India’s presidency will also promote “consolidation of this recognized global organization, whose influence is continuously growing”, Putin added.
