SCO Virtual Summit To Discuss Afghanistan & Regional Security Issues

The 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Council of Heads of State will be held virtually on Tuesday. The summit be chaired by the Indian prime minister and will discuss Afghanistan and other regional issues.

It is India’s first ever chairmanship of the SCO which it assumed at the Samarkand meeting in September 2022.

According to Indian media outlets, Afghanistan is one of India’s priorities to be discussed at the SCO Council of Heads of State meeting.

The heads of state of China, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran will speak during this virtual meeting.

The fight against extremism and terrorism, regional security, economy, respect for sovereignty, and territorial integrity are among the issues that will be discussed in tomorrow's meeting.

Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, said earlier that terrorism, arms trafficking, drugs, and the spread of extremist ideology from Afghanistan threaten the SCO member countries.