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Members 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. Observers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Afghanistan India Iran Mongolia Pakistan Dialogue Partners
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Central Asia: Political Map Our Foreign Minister SM Krishna (lolz), earlier said that India wants to become a full time member of SCO. Russian Government welcomed this move, and China did not oppose.
Should India become a full time member of SCO? Arguments against joining SCO
Pakistan sponsored Terror companies
China has been trying to use the security mechanism of the SCO for dealing with organisations which are perceived as posing a threat to Beijing and the Central Asian Republics, BUT it does not look upon anti-India organizations sponsored by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, or the Afghan Taliban or the Haqqani Network such as the Lashkar-e-Tayiba the Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Harkt-ul-Jihad-alIslami and the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, as coming within the ambit of the SCO security mechanism.
ideology
There would be very little compatibility between our internal security concerns and interests and those of China and Pakistan and it could be counter-productive for us to participate in this mechanism. Moreover, our internal security strategy is based on the principle that except in
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border areas, the police should be the weapon of first resort and the army the weapon of last resort for internal security (i.e. Naxalites, secessionists in North East and J/K.) But The SCO mechanism operates on the principle that the army should be the weapon of first resort with the police playing only a supportive role. [although I think thats a better idea given our cops lack the morale and equipment to deal with internal security troubles.]
Ref
Inputs from Mr. SARATH BATHALA
http://www.rediff.com/news/column/india-must-be-cautious-while-seeking-sco-fullmembership/20120612.htm
Good ol wikipedia
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