Why did India refuse to sign a joint SCO statement? Ministry of External Affairs gave the real reason

The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that a joint statement could not be adopted in the meeting of the Defense Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), as the consensus could not be reached, especially on the issue of terrorism. Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said that the Defense Minister attended the meeting of SCO’s Defense Ministers. The meeting lasted for two days and ended. They could not accept the joint statement. Some member countries could not reach consensus on some issues, and therefore, the document could not be finalized.

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Randhir Jaiswal said that India wanted the document to show concerns and terrorism, which was not acceptable to a particular country. The Defense Minister, in his address, called for these 11 countries to come together to fight all forms and expressions of terrorism … He also reiterated that criminals, organizers, financer, sponsors of condemnable acts of terrorism including terrorism, including terrorism, should be held accountable and they should be brought to the dock of justice.

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Speaking at a meeting of Defense Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Rajnath Singh underlined the relevance of the SCO in the rapidly uncertain global scenario, saying that the group is about 30 percent of the world’s GDP and about 40 percent of the global population remains here. He described regional security, safety and stability as a common responsibility that can accelerate progress in member countries and improve life.