India and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Should India get permanant membership in the SCO?

  • Yes, India should join SCO as full member

    Votes: 15 55.6%
  • No, India's observer status is enough

    Votes: 10 37.0%
  • Not now, but maybe in the future

    Votes: 2 7.4%

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Koji

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And how does the CCP plan on "taming" Russia??? Do you have any economic leverages on him??? He has oil/gas!!! What are you going to use against him to make him subservient to you???
$$$ will help lubricate relations. It won't make any of the two countries subservient to each other, but it'll make them amicable.
 

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Russia for speeding up SCO expansion

Vladimir Radyuhin

YEKATERINBURG: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for speeding up paperwork to pave the way for the expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

“It is necessary to expedite the drafting of a document defining rules for admission of new members to the SCO,” said Mr. Medvedev in his opening address at the SCO summit in Yekaterinburg on Tuesday.

“This work is going on; instructions have been issued, but we need to get this job done and come up with norms and procedures so that we can set the ball rolling,” the Russian leader said signalling impatience with the slow pace of the work. Russia has long favoured granting full membership to India, which received observer status in 2005 along with Iran and Pakistan. However, China has opposed India’s membership. Even though Mr. Medvedev said that all SCO members supported his demand for speeding up preparations for admitting new members, China’s President Hu Jintao made no mention of SCO expansion in his speech at the plenary session of the summit in Yekaterinburg.

President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, in his address, called for completing all formalities for the admission of new members by the 10th anniversary of the SCO in 2011. Speaking at the summit, President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari reiterated his country’s wish to receive full membership in the SCO.

The SCO leaders set up a commission for working out admission rules at their previous summit in Dushanbe in August 2008.

The commission has since met three times and is reported to have circulated draft rules to member states — Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The Hindu : International : Russia for speeding up SCO expansion
 
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Russia needs India as a full member as a counter to China; they are not so crazy about the chinese but it's for convenience
 

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SCO to hold its massive anti-terror drill in Kazakhstan

SCO to hold its massive anti-terror drill in Kazakhstan

Moscow, June 24 (PTI) The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold its massive anti-terror drill in Kazakhstan in September.

The Peace Mission 2009 joint drill with the involvement of 10 thousand troops will be conducted in Otar range in Kazakhstan, the Central Asian republic's defence ministry was quoted as saying by ITAR-TASS.

SCO comprises China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, while India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan have Observer status in the organisation.

Manmohan Singh became the first Indian Prime Minister to attend an SCO summit held recently in Yekaterinburg and expressed New Delhi's regards for Moscow's efforts to grant greater role to observer nations in the organisation.

The Hindu News Update Service
 
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Don't know how Russia will feel? Too many chinese sided countries may diminish Russian position in the organization.
 

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now ,it is not right time for china to expand SCO.

expansion of SCO also means the expansion of China's responsiblity.

it will make china lose the neutral postion between Iran and west countries and make china Iran's shield against west countries.

In fact, the wisest way for china now is to keep neutral postion and make Iran and Russia occupy the attention of west countries.

After all, China still needs time to grow up,before China show hands eventually.
 

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:lool:
the world is becoming more and more amusing......
Every day there appears amusing news...

well, it is reported that Taliban asked SCO to "liberate" Afhganistan from the occupation of NATO.........


Taliban Seek SCO Support In Solving Afghan Crisis
BERNAMA - Taliban Seek SCO Support In Solving Afghan Crisis
"We call on Shanghai Cooperation Organization to assist countries in the region against colonialists and adopt a strong stance against the occupation of Afghanistan," according to the letter readout to media from undisclosed location
 

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Taliban: "pls do me a favor......."

Bear: ":dazed:...?????"

Pander:" blood-shedding is yours......money-earning is mine.....!"
 

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Taliban and AQ also wants the Chinese out of Muslim Xinjiang.

Agreeable?
 

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oh goody! Very funny indeed. I would like to see a showdown between NATO and SCO! :twizt:
 

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The Taliban are not terribly bright are they!
looks like one of the talibunnies had too much hashish and wrote that letter!:D:D:D
 
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In reality it maybe in the best interest of SCO to take the Taliban's side against NATO, the real reason for NATO to be in afghanistan may not be as they say to drive Taliban out or catch Osama Bin Laden. Nobody is looking for Osama anymore and now there is a good Taliban the real reason maybe to get a foothold against SCO members like China,Russia and guest Iran.
 

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Yep. That is exactly why USA is not willing to leave Afghanistan 'anytime soon'. Both China and Russia are 'concerned' but don't want to take a stand just yet. At the most they can support the taliban covertly like the united states did during the soviet war in support of the communist government of afghanistan against the mujahideens. However, that would openly define pakistan as a double agent and it will lose its toys from its daddy. So, nobody is going to do anything because they cannot.
 

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In reality it maybe in the best interest of SCO to take the Taliban's side against NATO, the real reason for NATO to be in afghanistan may not be as they say to drive Taliban out or catch Osama Bin Laden. Nobody is looking for Osama anymore and now there is a good Taliban the real reason maybe to get a foothold against SCO members like China,Russia and guest Iran.
The primary purpose of the SCO as stated in the charter is to destroy fundamentalist elements just like the Taliban. If we had any interest in helping them, we wouldn't be letting the US use our rail and airways duty free to kick their a$$.
 

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Are you guys missing the point? The Taliban are delusional and missing the fact that the Chinese and the Americans are in cahoots with each other in Afghanistan!! American soldiers protect Chinese business interests!
 

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Are you guys missing the point? The Taliban are delusional and missing the fact that the Chinese and the Americans are in cahoots with each other in Afghanistan!! American soldiers protect Chinese business interests!
That and they miss the fact Russians hate their guts more than Amerikans.
 

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The primary purpose of the SCO as stated in the charter is to destroy fundamentalist elements just like the Taliban. If we had any interest in helping them, we wouldn't be letting the US use our rail and airways duty free to kick their a$$.
Or, Russia is happy that US is cleaning up after itself with no strings attached and is getting a kick out of the mujahideen's losses today.

(not that I'm saying they dont deserve it in the first place)
 
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Vladimir that was the true intention to defeat the Taliban but now reports are coming out this war is not winnable and the mission itself has become unclear with talk of a good and bad taliban as a face saving gimmick for defeat of the NATO alliance by one of the most poorest third world nations in the world.
 
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Are you guys missing the point? The Taliban are delusional and missing the fact that the Chinese and the Americans are in cahoots with each other in Afghanistan!! American soldiers protect Chinese business interests!
So you are saying USA is spending Billions so Chinese can make money? Yes USA
fights wars to benefit other nations and the Chinese were also behind 9/11 so they could do buisness in Afghanistan now it all makes sense.
 

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