- India has called for a greater role by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in rebuilding and stabilizing Afghanistan. Since bulk of the SCO’s members and observers are Afghanistan’s neighbours.
- However, Iran’s opposition of the West and the SCO’s tendency of trying not to annoy the West led to the organisation playing a more subdued role in Afghanistan.
- SCO could also play a useful role in promoting trade connectivity in the region and countering terrorism.
- From India’s point of view, it would be looking to enter into an energy and minerals partnership with Uzbekistan especially in the area of uranium.
- India has been an observer country in the SCO since 2005. India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia have expressed their readiness to join Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan as its full members.
More about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)=>(Wikipedia)
- The SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
- It also has Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan as observers, and Belarus, Sri Lanka and Turkey as dialogue partners.
- It has also initiated a new security concept that is based on mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and cooperation.
- The SCO, which is an observer of the UN General Assembly, is the only regional inter-governmental organization founded in China.
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