India is set to chair its first-ever summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Tuesday, where leaders of the alliance’s member nations will discuss the main regional security challenges and counter-terrorism efforts, APA reports citing EFE.
The virtual meeting, which will particularly focus on security and terrorism challenges in Central Asia, will be attended by the eight SCO member countries including Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The leaders of the forum in the bloc’s 23rd summit will discuss current international and regional issues.
The leaders are also expected to formally approve Iran’s full membership of SCO and kick off procedures for the membership of Belarus.
The two countries will attend Tuesday’s summit as observers.
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