SCO

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.