India to host Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Tourism Ministers' meeting on March 17-18

Category : International Published on: March 16 2023

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India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers' Meeting (TMM) on March 17-18 in Kashi (Varanasi), which has been designated as the first cultural capital of the SCO.
India is the current chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
The TMM will be preceded by the second Tourism Expert Working Group Meeting on March 14-15. During the meeting, the dignitaries will discuss and finalize Tourism Joint Action before being adopted at the SCO Tourism Ministers' meeting on March 17.
The Joint Action Plan will be adopted during the meeting of SCO Tourism Ministers on March 17 in Kashi.
Notably, India has assumed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Chairship for 2023.
The eight-member countries of SCO represent around 42 per cent of the world population and 25 per cent of the global Gross domestic product (GDP).
The SCO is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001.
The SCO currently comprises eight Member States - China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, four Observer States interested in acceding to full membership - Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, and Mongolia as well as six Dialogue Partners - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey.