Political commentator Dr. Brahma Chellaney says that India's membership lends respectability to the SCO and helps counter the perception of it being an anti-Western club of autocracies. However, the question remains about what India gains from its SCO membership. Former Ambassador Ashok Kantha explains India's limited expectations from the SCO due to strategic differences among member countries but stresses the importance of bilateral relations with the Central Asian countries which are part of the SCO.

Should India prioritise bilateral ties over SCO?

India is hosting the virtual Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization today. The summit of the SCO Council of heads of state will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Pakistan prime minister Shahbaz Sharif.

SCO Summit 2023: 'Secure SCO' theme of the Summit, Putin, Xi and Sharif attend virtually

Putin, Xi and Sharif to attend SCO summit hosted by Indian PM Narendra Modi

In his first appearance before a major International Forum since the Wagner Mutiny at home, Russian President Vladimir Putin came down heavily on Western sanctions on Moscow. The Russian President addressed a virtual Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. the meeting was hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Virtual Summit chaired by Indian PM Modi as Putin, Xi, Sharif attend virtually

India is set to host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit tomorrow. The meeting will be held virtually as a key highlight will be the participation of Iran which has become the newest member of the eight-member group. Also, Vladimir Putin is expected to address a multilateral summit for the first time since the Wagner Mutiny last month.

Putin to address SCO for the first time since armed rebellion

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will be attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that India will be hosting virtually next week.

India to host virtual SCO summit with Putin and Lukashenko in attendance

The last time a Pakistani foreign minister visited India, Dr Manmohan Singh was still India's Prime Minister. Rawalpindi's stamp of governance was with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in Islamabad's corridors of power.

SCO Goa meet unveils 'big gulf of distrust' between India and Pakistan

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto indirectly raked up the Kashmir issue at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, in an apparent violation of decorum of the multilateral nature of the event.

Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto indirectly rakes up Kashmir at SCO foreign ministers’ meet

India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang Thursday on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar raises border dispute with Chinese counterpart 

India's junior foreign minister Meenakshi Lekhi told the parliament that the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit will take place in July. India is the chair of the grouping and will be hosting the summit.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit to take place in July: Minister Meenakshi Lekhi

The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is expected to attend the upcoming SCO summit. He will be visiting Goa, India to attend the summit as a member state.

Iranian President Raisi to visit India to attend SCO summit in Goa | WION Dispatch

India, as the current chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), has extended invitations to Pakistan and China to attend several ministerial meetings of the grouping as per standard protocol.

Keeping up with protocol, India invites Pakistan to SCO defence and NSA meetings

Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari weighed in on the prospects of attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in India this year. India took over the presidency in 2022 for a year and sent invitations to all members, including Pakistan and China for the summit.

WATCH: Bilawal Bhutto tells WION whether or not Pakistan will attend SCO summit in India

Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first public appearance on Tuesday since returning from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Samarkand when he visited an exhibition of the Communist Party.

China's President Xi Jinping appears in public for first time since SCO Summit

A week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him that 'today's era is not of war', Moscow has reacted to the comments and how the US and West have latched on to it to target Russia.

Russia: West misquoting, selectively picking PM Modi's 'not an era of war' remark

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark to Russian President Putin last week that this is not the era of war has been lauded by France and United States. Last week, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, PM Modi and Russian President Putin held a bilateral during which the former emphasised on dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the Ukraine conflict.

PM Modi's 'no war' comment to Putin at SCO summit lauded by France and United States

Russian president Vladimir Putin said that there is 'no hurry' to finish Ukraine military campaign. Meanwhile, Putin is under pressure at home to regain the initiative. Can Russian forces halt Ukraine's advance & launch new offensive?

Putin under pressure at SCO summit: Critical voices growing louder in Russia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of 22nd SCO summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. During this, PM Modi told Putin that this wasn’t the era of war, while also underlining the significance of democracy, dialogue and diplomacy.

'This is not as era of war': Indian PM Modi tells Russian President Putin on sidelines of SCO summit

The SCO held its first in-person summit in Samarkand after two years of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit had the participation of several world leaders such as Chinese President Xi Jinping, Putin, Raisi, and Shehbaz Sharif among others from the Central Asian countries. Watch in the key takeaways from the summit.

22nd SCO Summit key takeaways: Indian PM Modi urges Russian President Putin to end Ukraine war

The 22nd SCO Summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan showed that Russia's Asian friends may have had enough of the global uncertainties caused by Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia acknowledges Chinese & Indian apprehensions over Ukraine invasion

It is day 2 of the SCO Summit and the world leaders have arrived at Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The leaders of Russia, China, India, Pakistan and four central Asian nations will be under one roof.

22nd SCO Summit: Indian PM Modi is all set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin today

It is day 2 of the SCO Summit and the world leaders have arrived at Samarkand, Uzbekistan for the meet. The leaders of the organisation are all set to discuss regional security challenges and energy supplies.

22nd SCO Summit: Xi, Putin, Modi to meet under one roof

Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi has arrived in the city of Samarkand on Thursday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO). PM Modi is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the second day of the summit.

SCO Summit: Indian PM Modi to hold crucial bilateral with Russian President Putin

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no plans to meet his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) being held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 15 and 16.

Reports: No plans for Modi-Shehbaz meeting on sidelines of SCO summit

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