SCO To Stop Terror Financing
- 15-Jul-2021
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Combating terrorism and extremism is the key purpose of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and it must stop terror financing. This was the key points of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Addressing the meeting in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, Jaishankar described the situation in Afghanistan as well as public health and economic recovery as pressing issues facing the region.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were amongst the participants at the meeting.
The external affairs minister also highlighted the ‘One Earth One Health’ and urged early universal vaccination to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Jaishankar said he also spoke on reformed multi-lateralism and underlined the need to rejuvenate this domain.
Earlier, Jaishankar twitted that the 20th year of establishment of the SCO is an opportune time for the grouping to reflect on achievements and deliberate on challenges.
Afghanistan witnessed a series of terror attacks in the last few weeks as the US looked to complete the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan by August-end, ending a nearly two-decade of its military presence in the war-ravaged country.
The volatile situation in Afghanistan has triggered global concerns.
The SCO, seen as a counterweight to NATO, is an eight-member economic and security bloc and has emerged as one of the largest trans-regional international organisations.
India and Pakistan became its permanent members in 2017.
