Def Secy to participate in SCO meeting in Kazakhstan

New Delhi: Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane is leading the Indian delegation to Astana, Kazakhstan from April 25-26, 2024 for the Annual Meeting of the Defence Ministers’ of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States.

The meeting will review the regional security issues within the SCO, including the defence cooperation initiatives.

The Defence Secretary will deliver the India statement at the ministerial meeting. He will also hold meetings with Defence Ministers of the f’iendly countries of the SCO to discuss issues of bilateral defence cooperation.

Later this year SCO Summit is expected to see participation of the Indian PM which will be hosted in Astana in mid-2024.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation.

Currently, eight countries enjoy the status of the SCO full members: India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; four countries — Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia — have an observer status with the SCO, and six countries — Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka — have a dialogue partner status.

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