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SCO Summit
Time to Turn Vision into Reality

At the 26th SCO Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the SCO has built a strong foundation for
cooperation over the past 25 years. Now, the organization's goal for the next 25 years should be to translate
this cooperation into tangible results. PM Modi underscored the three pillars of India's vision—S (Security), C
(Connectivity), and O (Opportunity)—highlighted during the previous SCO meeting. He emphasized that the
time has come to move beyond mere vision and achieve concrete outcomes in these areas...

n Peace and Security: Terrorism remains a grave
challenge for all of humanity today. To combat it Drug trafficking is not merely a crime
effectively, we must look beyond a reactive mindset but a serious threat to the younger
and dismantle its entire ecosystem. A strong message generation and regional security. The
must be conveyed to nations that use terrorism as an
instrument of state policy or provide safe havens to centers being established under the
terrorists. The crisis in West Asia has demonstrated SCO framework to tackle challenges
that a conflict in one region does not remain such as security threats, organized
confined there; it impacts global energy security, crime, information security, and
maritime trade, and supply chains. The Global South
bears the brunt of these consequences. Therefore, narcotics represent a positive step.
India has consistently maintained that the resolution
of all tensions and conflicts is possible only through Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
dialogue and diplomacy, not on the battlefield.
n Opportunity: People-to-people ties constitute
n Strong and Reliable Connectivity: India supports the greatest asset. For India, the SCO represents a
all initiatives that connect markets, facilitate trade, confluence of great civilizations, cultures, and ideas.
and open new avenues for growth. However, respect Over the next twenty-five years, the SCO must place
for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all mutual ties among the citizens of member nations at
nations is paramount in these endeavors. This is also the heart of its cooperation. This embodies the true
the core spirit of the SCO Charter. meaning of Security, Connectivity, and Opportunity.

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