Search Result for : Sco

The Dollar Business Bureau  Based on the theme of ‘Future Energy’, India’s Pavilion at the ongoing international exhibition Expo 2017 in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, is attracting a lot of visitors. The participation of India at the event has been organised by the nodal body of the government to promote country's external trade - India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO).  The pavilion was jointly inaugurated by L. C. Goyal, Commissioner, India Pavilion and CMD, ITPO and Harsh Kumar Jain, Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan. The Expo, which is being held from June 10- September 10, 2017, is witnessing participation from 100 nations and more than 10 international organisations. The participation of India at this year’s Expo has become quite significant ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India and Pakistan's admission as full members to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be formalised at the political and security grouping's summit in Kazakhstan next week, China announced today, while hoping that they would "strictly follow" its charter. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying hoped that the admission of India and Pakistan as full members would help improve their bilateral relations. "Hope India and Pakistan strictly follow the charter of the SCO and the idea of good neighbourliness, uphold the SCO spirit, improve their relations and inject new impetus to the development of the SCO," Hua told a media briefing here. She confirmed that the lengthy process of their admission into the group, which took years ...

The Dollar Business Bureau During the 15th Annual India-Russia summit in New Delhi in December 2014, the two leaders had adopted vision document called Druzhba-Dosti to strengthen Indian-Russian partnership over the next decade   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Russia for the 16th annual summit with President Vladimir Putin that will be aimed at expanding their agreements in a broad range of fields, especially nuclear energy, defence and hydrocarbon. This will be the Prime Minister’s second visit to Russia during the current year. He had earlier visited Russian city of Ufa to take part in the SCO and BRICS Summits. “We expect to sign a number of agreements covering a broad range of fields. Final ...

Source: PTI   Prime Ministers of the six-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held talks in central China's Henan province on Tuesday to improve regional cooperation in areas like trade, investment, transportation and security. Welcoming foreign leaders to the meeting, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that since it was established in 2001, the SCO has become an important force promoting regional stability, prosperity and development. He said he believed that every SCO meeting will contribute to cooperation between member countries as well as regional development, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The meeting was also attended by Minister of State for External Affairs General V K Singh. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also attended the two-day meeting in Zhengzhou that began on Monday. ...

Source: PTI The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at the Plenary Session of SCO Heads of State Council, in Ufa, Russia on July 10, 2015. Source: PIB, Government of India   Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) today decided to include India as a full member, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer to work with the six- member grouping to enhance connectivity, combat terror and create an environment for boosting trade by easing barriers. India, which has an 'observer' status for the past 10 years, will technically become the member by next year after completion of certain procedures. Beijing-based SCO currently has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as members. Along with India, the process to include Pakistan as a member was ...