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SCO Summit: Rajnath Singh’s dissatisfaction in Shanghai Cooperation Organization, also shows India’s growing resolve to call terrorist sympathy on multilateral platforms.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh attended a meeting of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Defense Ministers in Kingdao. (Image: Annie)
SCO Summit 2025: In a major geopolitical step, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh refused to sign Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Joint Description The deep division within the group has exposed the deepening, gave a blow to the credibility of the leadership of China, and derailed a coordinated strategic story pushed by Beijing and Islamabad.
Singh is currently in Kingdao, China to attend a meeting of SCO Defense Ministers. The summit is participating at the summit by member states including Russia, Pakistan and China to discuss issues related to regional and international security.
It marks an unprecedented moment in the history of SCO, with a meeting of a joint communal without a meeting of defense ministers, a highly unusual result that indicates a serious fracture in the general consensus. Intelligence sources explain CNN-NEWS18 The dissatisfaction of India was not a procedural objection, but a China-Pakistan strategic objective was a calculated disintegration to Corner India diplomatically.
Why India refused to sign a joint statement
Rajnath Singh refused to sign a joint statement as it did not mention the Pahalgam terror attack claiming 26 innocent lives, and failed to reflect India’s strong position on terror. Leaving any mention of Pahalgam, the document mentioned Balochistan, accusing India of creating disturbance. Pahalgam has been boycotted from the document at the behest of Pakistan, which is currently a SCO chair as all its weather partners, China.
What were China and Pakistan planning
According to top intelligence sources, China and Pakistan were trying to use the SCO as a platform to weaken Operation Sindoor – India’s terrorist attacks against the terrorist infrastructure after the Pahalgam terror attack in Pakistan. The two expected to transfer Balochistan as a victim of external sabotage and transfer global attention away from Pakistan’s role in sponsoring terrorism.
The scheme was to retrieve the victim by demonstrating disturbance in Balochistan as evidence of India’s intervention, which upheld cracks, disappearances and extraordinary murders in the area. Sources said that India’s refusal effectively derailed this narrative aggressive.
Intelligence Dojier, Satellite proof shared
India shared intelligence dosier and satellite imagery with SCO members in advance, providing difficult evidence of Pakistan’s participation in cross-limit terrorism. These included updates of terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and proof of the state’s complexity in sheltering terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Tabiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Despite this, China, as the President of the Summit, attempted to sideline India’s terrorism story and the situation as a responsible ally. According to intelligence sources, China has constantly opposed to defending its sovereignty or accepting India’s right to call Pakistan’s terror records, even with difficult evidence.
China in Pakistan’s trap?
Special input shows that China has gone into Pakistan’s double game. Under the threat from increasing extremism in Balochistan with an investment of $ 62 billion in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), China is now blaming and pushing Balochistan to internationalize Balochistan as a struggle area, to avoid its own dual standards on any interaction and terrorism around the abundance.
On the other hand, Pakistan is desperate to avoid investigation on its terrorist infrastructure, especially in view of the Pahalgam attack, which attracted fast international attention. Intelligence sources say Islamabad wants to turn the global spotlight with its deep terrorist link and India’s Operation Sindoor, using the SCO as a platform for a diplomatic cover-up.
Strategic disruption
India’s refusal to sign a joint statement was not just procedural dissatisfaction, it was a strategic disruption according to sources. The move ensured that the joint story of Pakistan and China did not unnecessarily or became valid by consensus.
With this, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has not only stopped the diplomatic gambit of a dangerous China-Pakistan, but has also strengthened India’s unrelated position on terrorism, sovereignty and regional integrity.
SCO’s credibility has taken a hit. Its image has been tarnished as a unanimous body, and for the first time, its joint voice has been disrupted-a strong indication that India will not tolerate the whiteness of terrorism, even on multilateral forums.
Group Editor, Investigation and Security Affairs, Network 18
Group Editor, Investigation and Security Affairs, Network 18
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