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Prime Minister Address on Regional Security at SCO Summit

Source:The Hindu ↗

কেন এটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ

Crucial for understanding India's strategic foreign policy stance in multilateral Eurasian groupings like the SCO, particularly regarding regional security, connectivity, and counter-terrorism coordination.

সারসংক্ষেপ

At the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon member nations to dismantle the ecosystem of terror financing, recruitment, radicalisation, and safe havens, emphasizing regional security, connectivity, and combating cross-border terrorism.

মূল বিষয়

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, emphasizing the need to dismantle the ecosystem of terror financing, recruitment, radicalisation, and safe havens.
  • He highlighted India's steadfast commitment to regional security, connectivity, and economic integration through multilateral frameworks like the SCO.
  • The address stressed the collective responsibility of SCO member states to fight cross-border terrorism without double standards.

গুরুত্বপূর্ণ শব্দ

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

A permanent intergovernmental Eurasian organisation established in 2001 to promote regional security, economic cooperation, and stability, focusing on combating the 'three evils' of terrorism, separatism, and extremism.

UPSC context

UPSC Mains GS Paper 2: Important international institutions, groupings, and agreements involving India and affecting its strategic interests.

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RATS (Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure)

A permanent organ of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation tasked with promoting coordination and information sharing among member states to counter terrorism, separatism, and extremism.

UPSC context

UPSC Mains GS Paper 3: Security challenges, cross-border terrorism, and regional mechanisms for counter-terrorism cooperation.

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সংযুক্ত স্থির ধারণা

International Relations Regional Groupings

What is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and what are its key structural organs?

  • Evolution: Origin roots from the Shanghai Five (1996), formally established in 2001 with China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined in 2017.
  • Organs: The Council of Heads of State is the supreme decision-making body; the SCO Secretariat is based in Beijing, China.
  • RATS: RATS (Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure), headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, combats terrorism, separatism, and extremism (Three Evils).

আন্তঃবিষয় প্যাটার্ন

  • SCO Regional Security + INSTC Connectivity

    India's security diplomacy in Central Asia through the SCO and bilateral visits balances energy security, anti-terror cooperation under RATS, and the North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).

  • SCO Terrorism + FATF Global Standards

    SCO counter-terror declarations intersect with FATF guidelines and UN global counter-terrorism strategies, highlighting the challenge of enforcing regional consensus against state-sponsored terror networks.

SCO expansion (including Iran and Belarus) and the mandate of RATS are high-probability match-the-following or statement questions.

সংযুক্ত PYQ · 2

সংযুক্ত PYQ · 2

  • 2022PrelimsGS1

    Consider the following: 1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 2. Missile Technology Control Regime 3. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation India is a member of which of the above?

  • 2016MainsGS2

    Increasing cross-border terrorist attacks in India and growing interference in the internal affairs of several member-states by Pakistan are not conducive for the future of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)." Explain with suitable examples.