India and Pakistan today became full members of the SCO with Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly pitching for coordinated efforts by the countries of the grouping to combat terrorism and enhance connectivity without impinging on sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"We have full faith that SCO would give new push to fight terrorism", Modi added.
Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir and Minister of State for Petroleum Jam Kamal accompanied the prime minister during his visit.
He emphasized that since then the SCO has gained global recognition and become the effective platform of multifaceted cooperation. "We will stand by Afghanistan and will work with Afghanistan in this respect", said Putin.
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit here. Currently, India, Iran and Pakistan are observers, a role granted to the three countries at the 2005 Astana Summit.
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The two days SCO summit is taking place in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
For India, being inducted into the SCO will help it integrate more closely with the central Asian countries. Xi's snub comes after deep disappointment and grief felt in China over the killings, after two Chinese teachers were kidnapped in Quetta last month and were reportedly murdered by Islamic State terrorists.
Modi also exchanged greetings with his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif and both leaders were seen sharing the table during lunch at the summit.
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 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. As SCO members, India and Pakistan troops may jointly take part in anti-terrorism exercises, which is an irony considering that their membership of Saarc has done little to rein in terrorism.
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