Pakistan to host SCO coordinators’ meet from Sept 28-30 India will participate in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) national coordinators that Pakistan will host on September 28-30, official sources said. The meeting is expected to approve the calendar of events under Pakistan’s presidency, leading up to the Council of Heads of State (CHS) summit for which Islamabad will soon send out invitations to the leaders of all member-states of the Eurasian bloc, including PM Narendra Modi.After joining the China-dominated grouping in 2017 as a full member, India has participated actively in various SCO mechanisms, with Modi representing India at the heads of state summits and external affairs minister S Jaishankar joining the heads of government meetings.Unlike with SAARC, India has ringfenced its involvement in SCO from outstanding bilateral differences with Pakistan, mainly the core issue of cross-border terrorism, while consistently reminding the Organisation that one of its original mandates was to fight terrorism, extremism and separatism. Government has backed SCO connectivity initiatives too but with the rider that these must respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of all States.India’s national coordinator Alok Dimri is expected to participate in the national coordinators’ meeting that will begin on Monday. Even without any substantive bilateral engagement for a decade, India and Pakistan have regularly seen their officials visiting each other’s country for SCO-related exercises and Jaishankar himself travelled to Pakistan in 2024 for the SCO heads of government meeting.However, the key question remains – even if it’s too early to ask – whether Modi will attend the summit in Islamabad next year. The SAARC summit process remains blocked because of the PM’s reluctance to travel to Pakistan and, barring a dramatic change in the situation, the PM is unlikely to visit Islamabad.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesAccording to Indian officials, any such change can only be effected by Islamabad through tangible and irreversible action against cross-border terrorism and UN-proscribed terror entities operating out of Pakistan. Government recently denied strongly that it is involved even in any track 2 dialogue with Islamabad.Pakistan had assumed presidency of the SCO at the Bishkek summit earlier this month. Modi said the same day in his address that countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy, providing shelter to terrorists, must be categorically told terrorism can never be a strategic asset for anyone.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos’Thappad Maar Diya’: Delhi Deputy CM Parvesh Verma Slaps Man During Road Inspection; AAP Hits Out‘No UPI Day’ On Gandhi Jayanti: Mobile Retailers Announce Oct 2 Protest Over 0.4% MDRViolence Erupts at Punjab’s LPU As Students Protest Over Alleged Rape Case, Police File FIR‘Tried To Drag Me Out Of My Car’: TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh Alleges Second Attack In 24 Hours, Accuses BJP‘Go, Protest In Kerala’: Bengal CM Suvendu Attacks Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi Over SIR-EC Row‘Tried To Normalise Terrorism’: Jaishankar Hits Back At Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif In UNGA SpeechAlbanese Hails Modi’s Energy Push: ‘India Gave More People Access Than Anywhere In History’Delhi Skeleton Mystery: Skeleton-Like Structure Found During BJP Cleanliness Drive | Watch‘Padma Bhushan Is Small, Make Him PM’: Pawan Khera Mocks BJP’s Praise For Gyanesh KumarSkyStriker, HIMARS, Apache: India, US Showcase Firepower At Yudh Abhyas 2026 | Watch123Hot PicksAsian Games India ScheduleHormuz ShutdownCJP ProtestIndian Medallists EarningOctober 2026 School HolidaysFortnite X Five Nights Release DateParvesh Verma Slapping RowShohei Ohtanis ContractIran EmbassyUS SubmarineTop TrendingPowerball WinnerRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotBackyard Amusement ParkUP EncounterAshrit TalluriGrace HendrianErin GardnerJoe ThomasDonald trump
India will participate in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) national coordinators that Pakistan will host on September 28-30, official sources said. The meeting is expected to approve the calendar of events under Pakistan’s presidency, leading up to the Council of Heads of State (CHS) summit for which Islamabad will soon send out invitations to the leaders of all member-states of the Eurasian bloc, including PM Narendra Modi.After joining the China-dominated grouping in 2017 as a full member, India has participated actively in various SCO mechanisms, with Modi representing India at the heads of state summits and external affairs minister S Jaishankar joining the heads of government meetings.Unlike with SAARC, India has ringfenced its involvement in SCO from outstanding bilateral differences with Pakistan, mainly the core issue of cross-border terrorism, while consistently reminding the Organisation that one of its original mandates was to fight terrorism, extremism and separatism. Government has backed SCO connectivity initiatives too but with the rider that these must respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of all States.India’s national coordinator Alok Dimri is expected to participate in the national coordinators’ meeting that will begin on Monday. Even without any substantive bilateral engagement for a decade, India and Pakistan have regularly seen their officials visiting each other’s country for SCO-related exercises and Jaishankar himself travelled to Pakistan in 2024 for the SCO heads of government meeting.However, the key question remains – even if it’s too early to ask – whether Modi will attend the summit in Islamabad next year. The SAARC summit process remains blocked because of the PM’s reluctance to travel to Pakistan and, barring a dramatic change in the situation, the PM is unlikely to visit Islamabad.
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According to Indian officials, any such change can only be effected by Islamabad through tangible and irreversible action against cross-border terrorism and UN-proscribed terror entities operating out of Pakistan. Government recently denied strongly that it is involved even in any track 2 dialogue with Islamabad.Pakistan had assumed presidency of the SCO at the Bishkek summit earlier this month. Modi said the same day in his address that countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy, providing shelter to terrorists, must be categorically told terrorism can never be a strategic asset for anyone.
