Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane is leading the Indian delegation to Astana, Kazakhstan from April 25-26, 2024, for the Annual Meeting of the Defence Ministers’ of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Member States.
SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Kazakhstan 2024
Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane is leading the Indian delegation to Astana, Kazakhstan from April 25-26, 2024, for the Annual Meeting of the Defence Ministers’ of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Member States. The meeting will review the regional security issues, including the defence cooperation initiatives, within the SCO, it said.
The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
India and Pakistan became its permanent members in 2017.
In July 2023, Iran became the new permanent member of the SCO at an India-hosted virtual summit of the grouping.
