Pabbi-Antiterror-2021 – SCO’s Joint Anti-Terrorism Exercise

India, Pakistan, China and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold a joint anti-terrorism exercise called “Pabbi-Antiterror-2021”.

About Exercise Pabbi-Antiterror-2021:

It was announced during the 36th meeting of the Council of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Purpose is to improve cooperation between the competent authorities of the SCO member states.
Further, helping them in identifying and suppressing channels that finance terrorist activities.

About SCO:

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation founded in 2001.
It was founded by Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Members: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
India and Pakistan were admitted to the SCO as permanent members in 2017.
Observer States: Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia.

Organisational Structure:

Heads of State Council is the supreme decision-making body in the SCO.
- It meets once a year and adopts decisions and guidelines on all important matters of the organisation.
- The HGC also approves the organisation’s annual budget.

Permanent Bodies:

SCO Secretariat is based in Beijing, China.
Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) is a permanent organ of the SCO.
- RATS serves to promote cooperation of member states against the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism.

Source: TH

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