The External Affairs Ministry announced that India will be admitted as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), to join hands with Pakistan and China to combat terrorism during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s weekend visit to Astana in Kazakhstan.
Quoting the External Affairs Minister, Gopal Baglay, The Hindu reported:
We are going to Astana to become full member [of SCO], and we know the obligations and functions of the member states. We participate with many countries, including Pakistan, in the UN peacekeeping operations, and terrorism is a fight which is incumbent on all countries.