India hosted a four-day (May 16-18) meeting of the counter-terror officials of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) countries including Pakistan, Russia and China.
The focus of the Regional Anti-Terror Structure (RATS-SCO) of the organisation was on Afghanistan.
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India assumed chairmanship of the Council of Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of SCO (RATS SCO) on October 28, 2021 for a period of one year.
About RATS-SCO
The Agreement on the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure as a permanent SCO body was signed during a meeting of the Council of Heads of SCO Member States on June 7, 2002, in St. Petersburg.
The member states of the SCO are Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan is among the observer states of the SCO.
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