China warmly welcomes Pakistans desire to be full member in SCO.

[SHAMK9]

Lol, check out the comments on the page.

Indians have problems with everything related to Pakistan so dont worry about it

 

[Kompromat]

Possibly so, but if you include the fact that India won't go against the USA, then the chances of the SCO becoming a NATO-like military alliance goes down to nearly zero.

That is upto India to decide isn't it?

 

[Edevelop]

With China, Russia backing: Pakistan can hope for full membership: speaker


The geostrategic location of Pakistan, its promise of becoming a trade and energy corridor in the region and its close and growing ties with China and Russia were cited as factors supporting the country’s full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at a conference on Wednesday.

The two-day summit titled ‘SCO’s role in regional stability — prospects of expansion’ is being hosted by Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) in collaboration with Germany’s Hans Seidel Foundation (HSF). SCO Deputy Secretary General Mirzosharif Jalalov is among the delegates from member and observer-status countries participating in the conference.

IPRI President Ambassador (retd) Sohail Amin termed SCO an effective instrument for regional stability and said that Pakistan’s concerns were the same as SCO’s. HSF Director Christian Hegemer said the expanded SCO would represent half of the world’s population, making it one of the biggest regional bodies.

Akram Zaki, a former ambassador and the chief guest at the conference, expressed hope that Pakistan’s case for full SCO membership was almost finalised as both China and Russia supported its candidature. In his inaugural address, Zaki spoke about the role of SCO in resolving conflicts in Afghanistan and Kashmir. He said without peace and stability, Pakistan could not become a trade and energy corridor for the region.

In the second session of the conference, Arifullah Pashtun, the chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Afghan Senate, discussed SCO’s possible role in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign forces in 2014.

Dr Zafar Nawaz of Quaid-e-Azam University emphasised the need for collaboration in defence among SCO members, as without it, the organisation would not be able to play an effective role in regional stability.

Dr Wang Shida said the SCO would have to take on greater responsibilities in Afghanistan after the departure of Nato and Isaf forces.

With China, Russia backing: Pakistan can hope for full membership: speaker – The Express Tribune

 

[That Guy]

Arifullah Pashtun...

...is...is he Hazara?

 

[That Guy]

Apart from the Cold War, I don't think Pakistan has ever been fully allied with US.

At moment its a relationship born out of necessity in dealing with Afghanistan but aside from that we don't really have much in common.

A normal trade and economic based relationship we do have, and so should everyone have with everyone else in the world.

Just out of curiosity, what did you do to get banned? lol

 

[That Guy]

What would be the potential benefits of the SCO membership to Pakistan?

 

[Echo_419]

It should be noted, that contrary to the view that a lot of people have, the SCO is not a military alliance.

It is a "Mutual security organization" that primarily deals with Energy security and Border security in the Central Asian Region.

There is no reason why Pakistan and India cannot both be included in the same time. As long as India does not have "ulterior motives" to create roadblocks for this organization, like with SAARC.

I think India should stick to Non-Aligned status & not get into this new cold war
every one knows that once we join we will be under that shadow of Russia-China the heavyies in SCO

 

[cirr]

Take in BD、Pak、Iran、Iraq、Turkmenistan，Syria，and possibly Afghanistan。
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SCO all the way east to west from West Pacific to the Mediterranean, and north to south from the Arctic to the Persian Gulf.

 

[Kompromat]

Take in BD、Pak、Iran、Iraq、Turkmenistan，Syria，and possibly Afghanistan。
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SCO all the way east to west from West Pacific to the Mediterranean, and north to south from the Arctic to the Persian Gulf.

I'm not interested in 'how big' the SCO becomes but 'how good' its run by China and Russia.