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:
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- 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.
