
Knowledgeable all eight SCO member states: Anurag Srivastava, Ministry of Exterior Affairs (File)
New Delhi:
India has invited all eight member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to a digital summit of the bloc which it’s internet hosting on November 30, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned on Thursday.
For the primary time, India is internet hosting the summit of the council of heads of presidency of the SCO.
India and Pakistan turned everlasting members of the SCO in 2017. The opposite member nations of the SCO are Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
“The nation internet hosting the SCO summit invitations all SCO member states to attend the assembly. We’ve accordingly knowledgeable all eight SCO member states, the 4 observer states, the SCO Secretary normal and the director of SCO RATS,” spokesperson within the Ministry of Exterior Affairs Anurag Srivastava mentioned.
He was replying to a query on the difficulty.
India had earlier this month introduced that it’s going to host the summit of the council of heads of presidency of the SCO within the digital format and that will probably be participated by prime ministers of the member international locations of the bloc.
The SCO summit of the Council of Heads of State is taken into account as the primary annual occasion. It was hosted by Russia on November 10 within the digital format.
Seen as a counterweight to NATO, the SCO has emerged as one of many largest transregional worldwide organisations. The intention of the SCO is to take care of peace, stability and safety of the area.