- SCO-RATS is a regional anti-terror assembly designed to combat terrorism, separatism, and extremism in Asia and Central Asian Countries. especially to combat against Afghan-Pak Terror network.
- Presently the chair of the executive council of RATS comes under India.
- It has also proposed to conduct an anti-terror exercise among member countries in Manesar, Harayana this year in October but still, dates were not yet announced.
- At this conference, three members from Pakistan are also going to attend for the first time.
- Till now India & Pak doesn’t have any bilateral agreements and has not attended any other regional meets.
- A team from the Chinese embassy would also attend this meeting.
- A Joint Border Operation is also going to be conducted this year between member countries called ‘Friendship Border-2022 in Kazakhstan’.
- As of 2022 Uzbekistan will hold the SCO summit in September.
- India will host the SCO summit in 2023.
- Static Part:
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Created in 2001
- Total Member Countries were Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan
- Recently Iran become the 9th member of SCO
- Secretary-General: Zhang Ming
- Headquarters: Beijing China
Question:
Q.1 India is going to conduct the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation) Summit in which of the following year?a. 2025
b. 2024
c. 2023
d. 2022
