K.C. Singh | SCO summit turns virtual due to its structural flaws
The 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was scheduled to be held in New Delhi on July 4, as India is the current chair of the eight-member body. With the Ukraine war now entering a fresh active phase, Russian President Vladimir Putin may have overruled travel abroad, though a trip to India for the SCO summit would have projected him as not isolated. It is possible that China may have conveyed that as President Xi may be attending the G-20 summit to be hosted by India in September, they would only send their Prime Minister. But the problem arises when proposals on connectivity and closer economic engagement among SCO nations get stymied by Pakistan blocking India’s physical land access to Central Asia. On the eve of Prime Minister Modi undertaking his first “state visit” to the United States, in contrast to his past working visits, India would want to avoid images of hosting leaders seen as inimical to American policies and interests.
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