PM Call at SCO Summit to Dismantle Cross Border Terror Ecosystem
Source:Indian Express ↗
हे का महत्त्वाचे आहे
The article is highly relevant for GS Paper 2 (International Relations - India's engagement with regional groupings like SCO) and GS Paper 3 (Security - challenges of cross-border terrorism and regional security frameworks).
सारांश
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned cross-border terrorism, calling on member nations to avoid double standards and unitedly dismantle terror ecosystems and safe havens in the region.
मुख्य मुद्दे
- PM Narendra Modi addressed the SCO Summit in Bishkek, calling for a collective and resolute fight against terrorism without double standards.
- Stressed the importance of dismantling terror ecosystems, supply chains, and safe havens across the region.
- Highlighted India's consistent stance that commerce, connectivity, and cooperation must not be compromised by terrorism and sovereignty must be respected.
- Emphasized regional stability, economic integration, and multilateral cooperation under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
महत्त्वाच्या संज्ञा
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
A permanent intergovernmental Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance founded in 2001 in Shanghai, evolving from the Shanghai Five to promote regional cooperation and combat the 'three evils' of terrorism, separatism, and extremism.
UPSC context
Important for UPSC Prelims and Mains (International Relations / Regional Groupings), testing India's strategic engagement, Central Asia policy, and counter-terrorism mechanisms like RATS.
पूर्वपरीक्षा सापळा
SCO is a military-security pact with mandatory binding collective defense provisions among all member states.
Aspirants often assume SCO is exclusively a security alliance like NATO, whereas it is primarily a political, economic, and security grouping with consensus-based decisions.
संबंधित स्थिर संकल्पना
What are the key institutional structures and mandate of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?
- Founding & Expansion: Eurasian grouping founded in 2001 in Shanghai by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (India and Pakistan joined in 2017, Iran in 2023).
- RATS Mandate: Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, specifically created to combat terrorism, separatism, and extremism.
- Decision Making: Operates on the consensus principle; bilateral issues are traditionally kept out of its formal summit deliberations, though statements on terrorism carry regional weight.
आंतर-विषय नमुने
SCO + FATF: Counter-Terrorism Financing
India uses plurilateral platforms like SCO and BRICS to voice anti-terror concerns, running parallel to FATF compliance pressure on state-sponsored actors.
SCO Connectivity + BRI Sovereignty Clash
SCO connectivity initiatives are weighed against India's sovereignty concerns, mirroring India's rejection of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
SCO membership dynamics, RATS mechanism, and India-China-Pakistan friction points are high-yield areas for Prelims statement-based Qs.
संबंधित PYQ · 3
संबंधित PYQ · 3
- 2021MainsGS2
Critically examine the aims and objectives of SCO. What importance does it hold for India?
- 2023MainsGS2
‘Virus of Conflict is affecting the functioning of the SCO’ In the light of the above statement point out the role of India in mitigating the problems.
- 2023MainsGS3
Give out the major sources of terror funding in India and the efforts being made to curtail these sources. In the light of this, also discuss the aim and objective of the 'No Money for Terror (NMFT)' Conference recently held at New Delhi in November 2022.
