Rajnath Singh to represent India at SCO Meet in Tajikistan, focus on trade, connectivity and regional cooperation
As per Ministry of Defence, the meeting will focus on strengthening multilateral cooperation among SCO Member States.
On October 18, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will journey to Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe, to partake in the 25th Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The SCO, comprising 10 member states including India, Belarus, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, will convene from October 19 to 20.
The primary agenda of the meeting is to bolster multilateral collaboration among SCO member states, with a specific focus on trade, economy, investment, connectivity, innovation, and cultural-humanitarian exchanges. The SCO meeting will also serve to evaluate the advancement of existing cooperation initiatives and deliberate on decisions concerning the Organisation's financial and institutional functioning.
India has consistently demonstrated its commitment to SCO cooperation. In addition to contributing to various SCO mechanisms, the nation is actively engaged in areas such as start-ups, innovation, digital public infrastructure, and people-to-people exchanges. The significance of the upcoming SCO CHG meeting lies in it providing India with a platform to engage in discussions with other SCO Member States on advancing practical and mutually advantageous cooperation within the Organisation.
The previous CHG meeting was held in Moscow, Russia, on November 18 of the previous year. At that gathering, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar represented India. In September, India underscored the three pillars of Security, Connectivity, and Opportunity for international trade during the 25th meeting of the SCO Member States' Foreign Economic and Trade Activities ministers, which was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The meeting reviewed ongoing cooperation among SCO member states in the realms of economic and trade activities, with a focus on exchanging views on measures to further deepen trade and economic cooperation within the SCO framework.
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