India, Pakistan and other member-states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) deliberated on boosting cooperation in combating various regional security challenges at a meeting hosted by New Delhi.
About RATS
The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), is headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
It is a permanent organ of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) which serves to promote cooperation of member states against the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism.
It specifically deals with issues relating to security and defence.
About SCO
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organization.
The creation of SCO was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China).
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Charter was signed during the St.Petersburg SCO Heads of State meeting in June 2002, and entered into force on 19 September 2003.
