India’s presence as a full-fledged member contributes to the multilateral nature of India’s engagements. Yet India’s admission into SCO is itself an indicator of China’s similar desire. With Russia, India enjoys a traditionally strong relationship which has its hiccups due to the Russian perception about India moving on, with multilateralism weathering the historically trusted and mutually beneficial relationship. The issue which observers in India are focused upon is India-Pakistan relations and how these will manifest at Bishkek. The SCO meeting gave further hope that there would be an opportunity to break the ice through a Modi-Khan meeting on the sidelines.

Source: dna June 15, 2019 01:40 UTC