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Shinde to represent India in SCO meet
Union Minister for Power Sushil Kumar Shinde will represent India at the meeting of the Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in St Petersburg, on November 7. Shinde will lead a high-level delegation.
The meeting is to be hosted by Prime Minister Putin of Russia and will be attended by Heads of Governments of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. These are Russia, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan. India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia are observer States. Afghanistan is a ‘Special Invitee’ at the forum.
The SCO was founded in 2001 at Shanghai and now has six full members. India joined this regional organisation as an ‘Observer’ in 2005. India attaches considerable importance to the association with the SCO, a body which has emerged as an active and dynamic regional grouping.
Union Minister for Power Sushil Kumar Shinde will represent India at the meeting of the Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in St Petersburg, on November 7. Shinde will lead a high-level delegation.
The meeting is to be hosted by Prime Minister Putin of Russia and will be attended by Heads of Governments of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. These are Russia, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan. India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia are observer States. Afghanistan is a ‘Special Invitee’ at the forum.
The SCO was founded in 2001 at Shanghai and now has six full members. India joined this regional organisation as an ‘Observer’ in 2005. India attaches considerable importance to the association with the SCO, a body which has emerged as an active and dynamic regional grouping.
