India's Foreign Policy Amit Shah chairs a meeting of the heads of departments of SCO member states in New Delhi The Minister identified five major areas for the SCO to work on: confidence building efforts in Asia, collective responsibility approach, expanding cooperation in communication and information sharing, identification of priority areas, and the use of newly developed technology in disaster resilience capacity building. About SCO: SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organization. It was created in 2001. It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organization aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region. India host the SCO summit in 2023. Member nations: Kazakhstan ,China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan. Head Quarters: Beijing, China. The SCO would probably be the largest regional organisation in the world, representing 40% of the global population, 25% of the global GDP and 22% of the world’s total land area.
