NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on Tuesday he addressed the 20th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (OCS). The SCO summit takes place virtually due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Modi and Chinese President Jinping Xi met virtually face to face during the summit. The SCO summit took place at a time when India and China, two of the bloc’s members, are embroiled in a tense border confrontation for more than six months in eastern Ladakh.
Here are the main points:
* India firmly believes in peace, security and prosperity. And we have always expressed our opposition to terrorism, illegal arms smuggling, drugs and money laundering.
* India has remained steadfast in its commitment to work under the SCO according to the principles set out in the charter.
* It is regrettable that there are unnecessary attempts to put bilateral issues on the SCO agenda, which violates the SCO Charter and the spirit of Shanghai. Such efforts are contrary to the spirit of consensus and cooperation that defines the SCO.
* India has strong cultural and historical ties with the countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. India believes that to improve connectivity it is important that we move forward while respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of others.
* In this difficult time of an unprecedented epidemic, the Indian pharmaceutical industry has shipped essential medicines to more than 150 countries.
* As the largest in the world vaccine Producing country, India will use its vaccine production and distribution capacity to help all of humanity fight this crisis.
* The United Nations It is 75 years old, but despite many achievements, the UN’s real goal is still incomplete.
* Member States of the OCS was summoned to the highest level on Tuesday under the Russian presidency. All member states attended, including China and Pakistan. The top leaders who attended the OCS Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the leaders of four Central Asian countries meet: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
* India became a member of SCO in 2017.
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