Defence expert Robinder Sachdev views Indias decision to send External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to the SCO Summit in Pakistan as a deliberate downgrading of its involvement.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a permanent intergovernmental international organization established on June 15, 2001, in Shanghai by Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead a delegation to Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in October. This event marks an important diplomatic engagement as India received an invitation for the meeting.

SCO is one of the few international organisations which deal with security issues and primarily has Asian members. What was the context for India and Pakistan becoming its members? We explain.

India on Friday announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in mid-October. This will be the first visit of India`s foreign minister to Pakistan in nearly nine years as the ties between the two neighbours remained frosty over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from the neighbouring country,

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Pakistan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this month, the Indian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.

India's foreign minister S Jaishankar will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Pakistan this month, his ministry has announced. This will be the first visit by a high ranking Indian minister to Pakistan in nearly a decade.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to travel to Pakistan to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Islamabad on October 15-16. India confirmed on August 30 that it had received an invitation from Pakistan for the upcoming SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting to be held in Islamabad.