India in SCO — full member since

Verified

Before (baseline)

0years as member

as of 2017-06-09

Now (latest)

7years as member

as of 2024-06-01

Change

new membership

Context & shortfalls

India became a full SCO member at the Astana Summit (June 2017) along with Pakistan. SCO is a Eurasian political-security organisation; other members include China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. India hosted the SCO Virtual Summit in 2023 as Chair. SCO membership gives India a seat at Eurasian security discussions but is complicated by simultaneous Quad membership and India-China/Pakistan tensions. India skipped some SCO meetings citing bilateral disputes.

Source

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Secretariat / MEA

https://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/SCO_Brief.pdf ↗

Data as of 2024-06-01. Large national figures change frequently — verify at source before citing.