June 16 , 2019
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- The Prime Minister Modi attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek.
- It is his first multilateral engagement post his re-election.
- He urged member states to make coordinated actions against international terrorism under the SCO-Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS).
About SCO
- SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation.
- It is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance.
- It was established in 2001. It was preceded by the Shanghai Five mechanism.
- The Heads of State Council (HSC) is the supreme decision-making body of SCO.
- It has 8 permanent members.
- Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia are observer states in SCO.
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