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.