Opinions
India and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
In the wide-ranging menu for socio-economic cooperation contained in the Declarations issued by the 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit and the 19th SCO Heads of Government Meeting in November 2020, two areas are relevant for India. These are the role of connectivity projects and an emerging digital economy driven by high technology (including information technology) to accelerate sustainable economic cooperation, writes Ambassador Asoke Mukerji, former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. The article is published as part of the Valdai Club’s Think Tank project, continuing the collaboration between Valdai and Observer Research Foundation (New Delhi).