In an interview with ThePrint, Dilshod Akhatov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to India, said Tashkent will ensure not just expansion of SCO but also realising its ‘full potential’.
This meet is a precursor to the SCO Summit scheduled for next month, which is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
External affairs minister is in Uzbekistan for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers’ meeting and is expected to meet Muttaqi on sidelines of main event.
Discussions will be held under SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of which India is currently the chair. Meanwhile, Pakistan and the US are back to discussing Afghanistan.
India is contemplating whether it will send a team from here or have officials from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad participate in the exercise.
Speaking at the SCO conclave in Dushanbe, the defence minister said India is committed to working within the SCO framework for helping create & maintain a secure & peaceful region.
During the visit, the external affairs minister will also attend the meeting of the SCO contact group on Afghanistan, which will also see the participation of the Afghanistan government.
Doval and Yusuf will be attending the 16th meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Council in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. This will be an in-person meet from June 23-24.
In an address at the virtual meet of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu called for combating the menace under a collective approach.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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