India to participate in SCO counter-terrorism exercise to be held in Pakistan

·         India will participate in a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) counter-terrorism exercise to be held in Pakistan.

·         The anti-terrorism exercise is reportedly scheduled to be held at Pabbi in Pakistan's Nowshera district from October 3.

·         The exercise will be conducted under the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), which aims to promote cooperation in counter-terrorism among all SCO member-states.

·         All countries will play an important role in finding a political and diplomatic solution to the situation in Afghanistan through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

·         SCO members include India, Pakistan, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

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v  Headquarters: Beijing, China

v  Founded: 15 June 2001

v  Secretary-General: Vladimir Norovi