... organization's main driving force and generator of ideas. It is no coincidence that on the eve of the Dushanbe Summit it was Russia that compiled and presented its partners with the draft SCO Medium-term Development Strategy through 2025 to be adopted in Ufa in 2015.
The event participants held extensive bilateral and multilateral exchanges on key regional and global issues, including: Afghanistan, the Middle East, North Africa and regions neighboring the SCO. Unfortunately, the documents adopted did not reflect ...
... Ambassador Vitaly Vorobyov
Interview
We met with Vitaly Vorobyov, SCO Advisor and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, to discuss the potential of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in resolving problems of regional security, its role in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of ISAF, the Silk Way project initiated by China, Russia's future SCO presidency and many other issues.
Your Excellency, in your article "
The SCO as the Growing Ruler of the Heartland: How to Bring Eurasia's Most Promising Organization to a New High
", you paint the future of the SCO in fairly bright colors,...
Traditionally, Russia has been viewed as somewhat of a dark, totalitarian country which is always searching ... ... head over heels with a hostile India to the east and an increasingly hostile Communist Afghanistan in the west. Therefore, Pakistan’s alliance with the US at the time... ... through ties with the global Al Qaeda (3). There must be concerted efforts between Moscow and Islamabad to tackle this core issue and find out the origin of these militant...
... organization.
How are Russia and India cooperating in maintaining regional security at this stage?
As to cooperation between Russia and India in the field of security in the region, our interaction is deep-rooted. Even before the coalition forces entered Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance enjoyed joint support from India and Russia. This is an important factor. The experience of such interaction exists. The SCO today has the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), which is very important for India, a country which suffers from terrorism. Then there is the factor of Pakistan, as the SCO should do much within its framework, possibly with the active participation ...
