‘Troublesome’: Trump aide Navarro on Modi, Xi, Putin meet at SCO

‘Troublesome’: Trump aide Navarro on Modi, Xi, Putin meet at SCO

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, has described as “troublesome” the show of unity between the leaders of India, Russia and China, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to be with Washington, Europe and Ukraine, not with Russia. Mr. Navarro’s remarks came after […]

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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Tourism Ministers’ meeting starts in Varanasi

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Tourism Ministers’ meeting starts in Varanasi

The two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ meeting began on Friday in Varanasi with a likely joint action plan on the development of cooperation in tourism to be adopted during the gathering. The plan will include promotion of the cultural heritage of the SCO member states, promotion of the SCO tourism brand, sharing and […]

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Morning Digest | September 16, 2022

Morning Digest | September 16, 2022

PM Modi arrives in Samarkand for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting, skips photo ops Mr. Modi was the last of the leaders of eight SCO members and seven invitees to arrive in Samarkand, and missed both the Pre-Summit dinner hosted by Uzbekistan President Shovkat Mirziyoyev and tree-planting ceremony that all the leaders other than President Xi undertook, […]

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At SCO, Jaishankar pushes for Chabahar port

At SCO, Jaishankar pushes for Chabahar port

India welcomed the expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to include Iran next year, as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar shared a table with Foreign Ministers of China Wang Yi, Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto, Russia Sergey Lavrov and central Asian countries at the ministerial meeting in Tashkent on Friday. While India pushed for Chabahar port […]

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India hosts SCO-RATS meeting; focus on situation in Afghanistan

India hosts SCO-RATS meeting; focus on situation in Afghanistan

Counter-terrorism experts from India, Pakistan and other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on May 16 deliberated on boosting cooperation in combating various regional security challenges at a meeting hosted by New Delhi. The meeting is taking place under the framework of the SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure. A major focus of the discussions […]

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