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Once seen as a regional powerhouse, the SCO is now unraveling. With India refusing to sign the China-led joint statement over the omission of the Pahalgam terror attack, tensions are boiling. Jaishankar slammed terrorism and extremism, indirectly targeting Pakistan. Rivalries between India-China, India-Pakistan, and others show why SCO may be sinking fast.  #SCO #IndiaChina #IndiaPakistan #RajnathSingh #Jaishankar #Terrorism #Geopolitics #SCO2025 #PahalgamAttack #China #Diplomacy #SCOFail #IndoPakTensions #World  @Rajnathsinghbjp   🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE  For More Updates:  English: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/  Hindi: https://hindi.asianetnews.com/  Malayalam: https://www.asianetnews.com/  Kannada: https://kannada.asianetnews.com/  Tamil: https://tamil.asianetnews.com/  Telugu: https://telugu.asianetnews.com/  Bengali: https://bangla.asianetnews.com/  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianetNewsa...  Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AsianetNewsEN  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann.newsable/  ➡ If you like our video, give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel to get the daily dosage of news, entertainment, sports and more.

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00:00Once seen as a powerhouse for regional cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO,

00:06is now facing a storm it may not weather. Why? Because the very countries meant to unite under

00:11its banner are barely on speaking terms. On paper, the SCO looks impressive. It includes

00:17global heavyweights like China, India, Russia, and Pakistan. But scratch the surface, and you'll

00:23find deep-rooted rivalries tearing it apart. Take India and Pakistan, bitter adversaries with a long,

00:28violent history. Or India and China, locked in border disputes and a cold war of influence.

00:38Even Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are engaged in ongoing territorial skirmishes. Well, the 2025 SCO

00:45defense ministers meet in China made headlines for all the wrong reasons. India, home to 1.4 billion

00:51people, refused to sign the joint declaration. Why? Because the statement conveniently skipped over

00:57the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Defense minister Rajnath Singh did not sign

01:03the SCO document as India is not satisfied with the language of the joint document, as there was

01:07no mention of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. There was mention of the incidents that happened

01:11in Pakistan. In 2024, the SCO summit was hosted in Pakistan. But leaders like PM Modi and President

01:18Putin did not attend the summit. India sent external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, who called out

01:24terrorism, extremism, and separatism. He termed cross-border terrorism, extremism and separatism

01:30as the three evils, that hinder trade and people-to-people relations between countries.

01:35He took a veiled jibe at Pakistan to state that if activities across borders are characterized by

01:39terrorism, extremism and separatism, they are hardly likely to encourage trade, energy flows,

01:45connectivity and people-to-people exchanges in parallel. Relations between India and Pakistan

01:50have been at a particularly at the lowest point since 2019, which saw the Balakot strikes after

01:55the Puluma attack in February 2019 and the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.

02:02India's stand has been very clear. No talks between the two sides can be contemplated without

02:06the action against terror sponsored by Pakistan. And back in 2023, under India's chairmanship,

02:13Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn't mince words. Without naming names, he hit out at China's

02:17expansionism and outlined India's vision for a more balanced, respectful SCO. The problem persists,

02:24the SCO has become a chessboard of conflicting interests. With unresolved issues, ideological

02:29divides, tight-lipped on the issue of terrorism. It seems that SCO is not a platform for unity,

02:35it's a battleground of rivalries. Once seen as a powerhouse for regional cooperation,

02:39the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO, is now facing a storm it may not weather.

02:44Why? Because the very countries meant to unite under its banner are barely on speaking terms.

02:51On paper, the SCO looks impressive. It includes global heavyweights like China, India, Russia,

02:56and Pakistan. But scratch the surface, and you'll find deep-rooted rivalries tearing it apart.

03:02Take India and Pakistan, bitter adversaries with a long, violent history.

03:06Or India and China, locked in border disputes and a cold war of influence. Even Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

03:17are engaged in ongoing territorial skirmishes. Well, the 2025 SCO defense ministers meet in China

03:24made headlines for all the wrong reasons. India, home to 1.4 billion people, refused to sign the

03:29joint declaration. Why? Because the statement conveniently skipped over the April 22nd terror

03:35attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh did not sign the SCO document

03:41as India is not satisfied with the language of the joint document, as there was no mention of the

03:45terrorist attack in Pahalgam, there was mention of the incidents that happened in Pakistan.

03:50In 2024, the SCO summit was hosted in Pakistan. But leaders like PM Modi and President Putin did not

03:56attend the summit. India sent External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who called out terrorism,

04:02extremism, and separatism. He termed cross-border terrorism, extremism and separatism as the three

04:08evils that hinder trade and people-to-people relations between countries. He took a veiled

04:13jibe at Pakistan to state that if activities across borders are characterized by terrorism,

04:17extremism and separatism, they are hardly likely to encourage trade, energy flows, connectivity and

04:23people-to-people exchanges in parallel. Relations between India and Pakistan have been at a particularly

04:28at the lowest point since 2019, which saw the Balakot strikes after the Puluma attack in February

04:332019 and the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. India's stand has been very clear. No talks

04:41between the two sides can be contemplated without the action against terror sponsored by Pakistan.

04:45And back in 2023, under India's chairmanship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn't mince words.

04:52Without naming names, he hit out at China's expansionism, and outlined India's vision for

04:57a more balanced, respectful SCO. The problem persists, the SCO has become a chessboard of

05:02conflicting interests. With unresolved issues, ideological divides, tight-lipped on the issue

05:07of terrorism. It seems that SCO is not a platform for unity, it's a battleground of rivalries.

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