Briefing held at end of SCO forum in India

Foreign ministers from a group of nations led by China and Russia met Friday in the Indian coastal resort state of Goa, where they discussed regional security, combating terrorism, and deepening economic and cultural ties.

In remarks at a news conference after a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), India’s Foreign Minister Subhramanyam Jaishankar said he had discussed several regional and global development issues with his Russian and Chinese counterparts.

The SCO was founded in 2001 by China and Russia and included the Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It was expanded in 2017 to include India and Pakistan. Iran is expected to join the organization later this year.