India to host meeting of security advisers from SCO countries
- March 29, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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India to host meeting of security advisers from SCO countries
Subject : International Relations
Section: Grouping
Concept :
- India will be hosting a meeting of the National Security Advisers (NSAs) of member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
- The meeting will be chaired by NSA Ajit Kumar Doval and will be attended by high-level delegates from the Central Asian Republics.
- The meeting is a part of the preparatory meetings for the SCO summit that will be held in India in 2023.
- The agenda of the meeting is expected to include developments in Afghanistan and advancing consultations on Russia’s plans for the Eurasian economic bloc.
- Iran is set to become a permanent member of the SCO in 2023.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
- The SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organization. It is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance and has been the primary security pillar of the region.
- It was established in 2001. It was preceded by the Shanghai Five mechanism.
- The Heads of State Council (HSC) is the supreme decision-making body in the SCO. It meets once a year and adopts decisions and guidelines on all important matters of the organization.
- The organization has two permanent bodies:
- the SCO Secretariat based in Beijing.
- the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) based in Tashkent.
- Eight member states: India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
- Four observer states: Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia.
- Six “Dialogue Partners” :Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey.