
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attends the SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting in Qingdao, Shandong province, China June 26, 2025. — Reuters
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India has allegedly refused to sign a joint statement issued by a high -level Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in China after mentioning terrorist activities in Balochistan.
Singh, as reported by the Times of India, a joint document of SCO Defense Ministers’ meeting also failed to display any reference to the Pahalgam incident – which showed that several tourists were illegally occupied by Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
He was hired, which was placed in Chung Dow and the ministers of 10 member countries were gathered – including Russia, China, India and Pakistan. The meeting has decided not to issue a joint statement because of India’s refusal and lack of consensus on terrorism.
This development came a day after the Foreign Office of Pakistan was clear that Defense Minister Khawaja Asif would represent Islamabad in the SCO Motat, however, no scheduled meeting was held between him and his Indian counterpart Singh.
Following this explanation, Turkish media claims that there is a possibility of meeting between Pakistani and Indian Defense Ministers-which indicates the first such incident after the recent armed conflict between two nuclear weapons neighbors, in which both sides were crossing the border.
Earlier, Lieutenant General of National Security Advisor (NSA), Asim Malik, attended the 20th meeting of the Security Council secretaries of SCO Member States in China on Tuesday.
In addition to discussing with the Chinese leadership, during this visit, the NSA made an important speech on the global level, and regional situation and regional situation and partnerships for peace and security, together with the key leadership of the SCO countries to enhance bilateral and security cooperation.
NDTV reports, addressing the SCO meeting, Singh raised New Delhi’s concerns about terrorism and urged the member states to take a principled stand on the matter.
“The biggest challenges in our region are related to the loss of peace, security and trust [….] India believes that a mechanism for refined multilateral dialogue and cooperation can help enhance cooperation to prevent conflict between countries.
‘Common threat of terrorism’
While participating in the same hole, Defense Minister Asif promised Islamabad’s unwavering commitment for the principles and purposes of the SCO.
Expressing concern over the ongoing conflict around the world, the defense stressed that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan is essential to achieving a common ideology of sustainable prosperity in the region.
“The international community should ensure a peaceful resolution of Kashmir’s prolonged dispute [as such] The non -resolution conflicts are a constant threat to world peace and security.
Touching the issue of terrorism, Asif described terrorism as a common threat that needs to be dealt with collectively.
The minister added, “All states should refrain from the politics of joint efforts against terrorism.”
He further emphasized that this is a common threat and that it should be focused collectively. Pakistan has called on all states to refrain from coming from the joint efforts of the international community so that they can fight terrorist sources to divert attention from their internal failures. It confirmed the condemnation of all forms and terrorism in Pakistan.
In addition, Asif said that Pakistan condemned the terrorist attacks in the illegal and illegally occupied IIOJ region of the internationally recognized and illegally recognized and said: “We urge all states to account for the states who plan to attack Balochistan, Balochistan.
In this regard, he called for a peaceful settlement of disputes through dialogue, mediation and precautionary diplomacy.
Meanwhile, on the occasion of the meeting, the Minister of Tajikistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and China organized bilateral engagements with their counterparts, and exchanged views about the shared priorities of security and deepened cooperation.