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SCO MEETING IN INDIA

FOCUS ON

MULTIPOLAR

WORLD

With the foreign ministers of China, Russia, Pakistan and other members of
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Goa, the focus shifts to cooperation

between Asian countries. Is a new world order emerging?

OUR BUREAU tion (SCO) Foreign Ministers meet-
ing in Goa includes preparation for
Panjim (Goa)
the meeting of the SCO Council of
ndia hosted a cultural event Heads of State, according to the Rus-
on Thursday evening, ahead of sian Foreign Ministry.
Ithe main meeting in Goa for its The agenda includes the issue of
Shanghai Cooperation Organization SCO granting member status to Iran
(SCO) counterparts, which displayed and the possible acceleration of Be-
a fusion of dance between Central larus joining the group and granting
Asian countries, South Asian coun- the status of SCO Dialogue partners
tries including India and Pakistan, to Bahrain, Kuwait, Myanmar, Mal-
along with Russia and China. The dives and the United Arab Emirates,
participants also performed the Indi- the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
an classical dance forms and popular It said the agenda of the SCO
film songs, including the Oscar-win- Foreign Ministers meeting in Goa in-
ning track ‘Natu Natu’. cludes coordinating foreign policies
The theme for India’s chairman- to promote the role of the United
ship of SCO in 2023 is ‘Secure-SCO’. Nations in ensuring “credible global
New Delhi attaches special impor- security and sustainable economic
tance to SCO in promoting multi- Dr S. Jaishankar during their bilateral talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on growth.”
lateral, political, security, economic Later, the bilateral meeting of
and people-to-people interactions the sidelines SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting, in Goa, on Thursday (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S
in the region. Shanghai Cooperation Jaishankar with his Chinese coun-
Organization (SCO) is an intergov- multilateral cooperation between the the UN and the G20,” the statement terpart, Qin Gang, concluded on
ernmental organization established two countries. The two leaders also said. Thursday. The discussions focused
in 2001. India took over the rotating discussed issues pertaining to G20 It said that a confidential ex- on resolving outstanding issues and
presidency of the SCO at the summit and BRICS. change of views took place on the ensuring “peace and tranquility” in
held in Samarkand in 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry said main issues of bilateral relations, the border areas.
India’s SCO counterparts -- Chi- in the statement that the two sides including the schedule of upcoming The two foreign ministers held
na, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Paki- agreed to continue following “the contacts, as well as topical issues on detailed discussions, on the sidelines
stan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbeki- course of building a fair multipolar the global and regional agenda. of the Shanghai Cooperation Orga-
stan foreign ministers -- arrived in system of interstate relations”. It said Russian Foreign Minister ar- nization (SCO) FM meet, revolving
Goa on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the ministers appreciated the dynam- rived at Goa’s Dabolim airport this around SCO, G20 and BRICS, said
External Affairs Minister S Jaishan- ics of cooperation in key areas of the morning. This is his second visit to EAM Jaishankar. After commencing
kar held talks with Russian Foreign especially privileged strategic part- India this year. He had attended the bilateral talks with both his Russian
Minister Sergey Lavrov, Chinese FM nership between the two countries. G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in and Chinese counterparts, Jaishan-
Qin Gang and later with Uzbek for- “The intention was confirmed to New Delhi this March. kar tweeted, “A detailed discussion
eign minister Bakhtiyor Saidov. strengthen coordination activities to During his Goa visit, Lavrov is with State Councilor and FM Qin
Jaishankar and his Russian coun- develop common approaches within expected to have several bilateral Gang of China on our bilateral re-
terpart held talks on the sidelines of the framework of interaction at the meetings with his counterparts from lationship. Focus remains on resolv-
the SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting most important international plat- other SCO countries. The agenda of ing outstanding issues and ensuring
and reviewed bilateral, global and forms, including the SCO, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organiza- Continued on next page... >>

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