New Delhi: India Everything is prepared to attend SCO Summit in Dushanbe, scheduled to be held in a hybrid format.
The National SCO Head Council (CHS) is the highest decision-making body in the SCO, which meets the annual Summit in member countries with rotation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the Indian delegation in a virtual format, while the Minister of External Affairs J Jaishankar will participate directly.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will also attend the meeting.
Indian emphasis at this meeting is to discuss counter-terrorism; economic cooperation; Regional development, especially Afghanistan, according to information sources.
In June this year at the SCO National Security Advisory Meeting, India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval had proposed an action plan for Pakistani-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (type).
Afghanistan is also expected to dominate deliberations at SCO meet.
While China and Pakistan have supported the Taliban regime, India is waiting and watching fashion.
India demands that there must be an inclusive government that represents all parts of society, minority safety, women’s rights and children need to be protected.
In the context of Afghanistan, India is also expected to highlight the threat that will occur from the potential use of Afghan land by anti-Indian terror groups.
The sources informed to Ani that the agenda item in the SCO table is the current security situation of politicians in the region, especially Afghanistan; fall pandemic; Expansion of organizational membership (full member / dialogue / observer partner); multilateral economic cooperation; people exchange-to-people; and also other topical problems of regional and international interests.
This is the top of 4 where India will participate as a full member state.
This summit was important because the SCO celebrated the 20-year anniversary of its foundation in 2021 and Tajikistan marked 30 years of independence.
“Central Asia is important for Indian interest in this region with historical bonds and old Millennia Civilization.
Our interesting regions in SCO: counter-terrorism; economic cooperation; regional development, especially Afghanistan,” said source.
Previously, India led the 19th meeting of the Government SCO Head Board (CHG) in a virtual format in November 2020.
“The new SCO program from multilateral trade cooperation (2020-2035)”, approved under the Chairman of the India outlines the main fields of cooperation such as trade and investment, banking and financial cooperation, transportation and logistics, industry, digitization, agriculture, energy, innovation, spatial development, education, tourism and the environment.
As part of his fear, India took the initiative in the field of start-up and innovation, science and technology and traditional medicine, and also held the SCO Young Scientists Conclary, the first consortium of SCO Economic Think Tanks, the first SCO start-up forum, Digital Exhibition The first SCO on the Buddhist Heritage together by the National Museum, and the translation of the 10 classic Literature of the Indian region into Russian and Chinese.