The leaders reviewed the organization’s
activities over the past two decades and discussed the state and
prospects of future cooperation.
The SCO Summit was followed by an
Outreach session on Afghanistan between SCO and the Collective Security
Treaty Organisation (CSTO).
In 2021, SCO is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its formation.
• As India will be represented by EAM S. Jaishankar, the world leaders at the meeting are expected to deliberate on the Afghan crisis, its internal-external implications, and the issues pertaining to regional security.
• The summit will be chaired by the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. It will also see the leaders of the SCO member states, SCO Secretary-General, observer states, executive director of SCO regional anti-terrorist structure, President of Turkmenistan among others.
• During the meet, Jaishankar is also expected to attend a meeting on Afghanistan with the Head of the States of SCO and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
• Foreign Minister of Russia, Foreign Minister of
Iran, Prime Minister, as well as Foreign Minister of Pakistan, are some
of the leaders who will be attending the meeting.
The 21st Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State was held in hybrid format on September 17, 2021, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon. This was the first SCO Summit held in a hybrid format and the fourth Summit in which India participated as a full-fledged member of SCO.
Background :
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a Eurasian economic, political, and security alliance that was created on June 15, 2001, in Shanghai China by the leaders of Uzbekistan, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan. '
SCO expanded its membership to eight states after India and Pakistan the organization as full members in 2017. It is the largest regional organisation in the world in terms of population and geographical coverage, covering three-fifths of the Eurasian continent and nearly half of the human population.
