SEAnews 2016-07-03 ArtNo.45784

【Tashkent】India on the 24th of June signed Memorandum of Obligations - a key document - kick starting the process of its accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a powerful security grouping increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO.
　The document was signed by Secretary (East) Ministry of External Affairs Sujata Mehta at the SCO summit which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India will have to sign around 30 other documents in the course of the year to complete the process for membership. Pakistan is also being inducted into SCO as a full member. SCO's membership is expected to help India have a greater say in issues relating to security and defence besides combating terrorism. India, one of the largest energy consuming countries in the world, is expected to get greater access to major gas and oil exploration projects in Central Asia once it becomes a member of the SCO. Many of the SCO countries have huge reserves of oil and natural gas.
○Modi, Putin vow to take forward India-Russia ties

【Tashkent,】India and Russia on the 24th of June discussed ways to enhance cooperation in the civil nuclear energy and hydrocarbon sector as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to take forward the special and privileged bilateral partnership.
　Mr. Modi and Mr. Putin, during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit here, discussed a range of bilateral and multilateral issues of mutual concern.
　“The two leaders discussed cooperation in civil nuclear energy, partnership in the gas and petrochemicals sector. They also discussed furthering cooperation in the space sector. Matters relating to trade and investment also came up,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.
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India signs MoU kick-starting the process of its accession to SCO

Narendra Modi, Putin vow to take forward India-Russia ties

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