Pawan Kapoor Engages Iran, Kyrgyzstan at SCO Security Summit

Amid the towering peaks of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek hosted the 21st SCO Security Council Secretaries’ Meeting, where India’s Deputy NSA Pawan Kapoor forged key bilateral links. Greeted effusively upon arrival by Kyrgyz Deputy Secretary Melis Satybaldiev and Ambassador Birendra Singh Yadav, Kapoor wasted no time in substantive talks.

Central to his visit was a meeting with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council’s Ali Bagheri Kani on Wednesday. Discussions spanned bilateral cooperation and regional affairs, as posted by the Indian Embassy on X, highlighting the May 13 focus.

Kapoor further met Kyrgyzstan’s Adilet Orozbekov, prioritizing deeper bilateral synergy in security realms. The two-day summit (May 13-14) underscores SCO’s role in tackling transnational threats.

This builds on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s forceful April address to SCO Defence Ministers here, where he advocated zero-tolerance for terrorism, separatism, and extremism. Invoking Operation Sindoor, he affirmed India’s ironclad determination to punish terror epicenters.

Cross-border attacks fueled by governments threaten freedoms worldwide, Singh noted, insisting on uniform standards sans politicization. SCO nations must unite against terror’s backers without mercy, converting vulnerabilities into stability pillars for prosperity.