External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met the top leadership of Tajikistan and exchanged views on the recent developments. Afghanistan and their impact on regional security. Jaishankar, who is in the Tajikistan capital to attend a crucial Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on the situation in Afghanistan after the takeover by the Taliban, met Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon.
“Thank you Tajik President Emomali Rahmon for receiving me. Congratulated PM Modi. Tweeted Jaishankar and exchanged views on the recent developments in Afghanistan and their impact on regional security. We are strong partners in fighting fundamentalism and fundamentalism.
“A good discussion on arrival with Tajik FM Sirojiddin Muhariddin. Look forward to continuing it tomorrow, he tweeted after meeting his Tajik counterpart. Jaishankar also met his Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev and the two leaders agreed to strengthen traditional cooperation on regional and multilateral issues.
“Pleasant to meet FM Ruslan Kazakhbaev of the Kyrgyz Republic. Notes our growing development partnership. Agreed to strengthen our traditional cooperation on regional and multilateral issues, the minister tweeted. Jaishankar’s with his counterparts from Russia and Iran There is also a possibility of holding bilateral meetings with others.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend the annual SCO summit on September 17, which is expected to comprehensively deliberate on the overall regional security scenario along with the development of Afghanistan. Jaishankar will attend a meeting of the heads of the SCO and the Heads of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Afghanistan.
The SCO, which is seen as an antidote to NATO, is an eight-member economic and security bloc and has emerged as one of the largest inter-regional international organizations. India and Pakistan became its permanent members in 2017.
The SCO was founded in 2001 at a summit in Shanghai by the presidents of Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India has shown keen interest in deepening its security-related cooperation with the SCO and its Regional Anti-Terrorism Framework (RATS), particularly on issues relating to security and defence.
India was made an observer at the SCO in 2005 and has generally participated in the ministerial-level meetings of the grouping which mainly focused on security and economic cooperation in the Eurasian region.
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