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

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

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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.
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