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.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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