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18/05/22 08:55 AM IST

Delhi hosts SCO-RATS meet

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  • 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.
  • It was preceded by the Shanghai Five mechanism.
Source-Indian Express 

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