Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

October 16, 2024 8:50 AM

SCO Summit: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets Mongolian PM in Pakistan

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Islamabad. Jaishankar posted on X on Tuesday night, expressing his pleasure in discussing ways to further strengthen India-Mongolia bilateral relations. Earlier on Tuesday, Jaishankar landed in Islamabad to attend the 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), where he was w...

October 4, 2024 6:29 PM

Foreign Minister Jaishankar to visit Pakistan for SCO summit

Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Pakistan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this month, the foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday. The visit will be the first by an Indian foreign minister to Pakistan in nearly a decade and will take place at a time when relations between them have been strained over the Kashmir. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Dr. Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation to Pakistan for the summit of Eurasian leade...

September 16, 2024 3:33 PM

Pakistan extends formal invitation to PM Modi for SCO Summit in Islamabad

Pakistan has extended a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting, scheduled for October this year in Islamabad, as reported by Geo News. While addressing a weekly news briefing, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, said that Pakistan has extended invitations to all heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states, including Indian Prime Minister Nar...

July 4, 2024 3:24 PM

Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged members of a regional security club on Thursday to resist external meddling, while President Vladimir Putin was due to speak about creating a new Eurasian security system at the group's annual meeting. Putin and Xi have expanded the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a club founded in 2001 with Russia, China and Central Asian nations, to include India, Iran and Pakistan as a counterweight to the West. The group also represents the new key customers for ...

September 16, 2024 6:12 PM

EAM Jaishankar to lead Indian delegation at SCO summit in Kazakhstan

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will head the country's delegation at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. The summit is scheduled for July 3-4 in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital city. MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed during a weekly briefing, "The External Affairs Minister will be leading our delegation there." Kazakhstan has assumed the SCO presidency from India, which held the position ...

September 16, 2024 6:14 PM

PM Modi may visit Russia in July: Russian state media

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Russia in July, according to reports from Russian state news agency RIA on Tuesday. The potential visit would mark PM Modi's first trip to Russia since 2019 and his first since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022. RIA reported that preparations are underway for the high-level meeting between PM Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin had previously confirmed in March that PM Modi had an open invitation to ...