Union Minister Amit Shah Chairs SCO Meet On Prevention, Elimination Of Emergency Situations

Union Minister Amit Shah will also hold bilateral meetings with the ministers of some of the SCO member states on the sidelines of the meeting. 

Union Minister Amit Shah at SCO meeting with heads of member states.

Source : ANI

Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the head of departments of member states in the national capital on prevention and elimination of emergency situations. He will also hold bilateral meetings with the ministers of some of the SCO member states on the sidelines of the meeting. 

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has been actively participating in SCO and providing substantial support to various mechanisms in the forum, stated an official statement. 

During the meeting, delegates from SCO member states shared information relating to the large-scale emergency situations which occurred in their respective territories and the measures taken to handle them.

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The delegates also put their views on the innovative practices, technologies and future prospects for cooperation in the field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations within the framework of the SCO.

Based on these deliberations, the member-states will enhance cooperation in the field of preparedness, emergency response and to jointly mitigate the impact arising out of natural and man-made disasters within the framework of the SCO, the statement said.

The meeting also saw participants discussing and approving the action plan for the implementation of the agreement between the SCO member states on cooperation in providing assistance in the elimination of emergency situations in 2023-2025.

Since its accession as a full-fledged member state in 2017, India has maintained an active engagement with the organisation and New Delhi is focusing on initiating proposals for the mutual benefit of SCO member states, observers, and dialogue partners, the statement mentioned.

India assumed the rotating presidency of the SCO at the 2022 SCO Summit held in Samarkand in Uzbekistan and will host the next summit of Council of heads of state this year.