20-04-2023
Union Home Minister Amit Shah to chaired an SCO meeting on Today to discuss the prevention and elimination of emergency situations.
The meeting aims to share information, innovative practices, and technologies to enhance cooperation in the field of preparedness, emergency response, and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters.
India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been actively participating in SCO and providing substantial support to various mechanisms in the forum.
The delegates from SCO member states shared information relating to the large-scale emergency situations which occurred in their respective territories and the measures taken to handle them.
The participants will discuss and approve the action plan for the implementation of the agreement between the SCO member states on cooperation in providing assistance in the elimination of emergency situations in 2023-2025.
India assumed the rotating presidency of the SCO at the 2022 SCO Summit held in Samarkand in Uzbekistan.
India will host the next summit of the Council of Heads of State this year, focusing on initiating proposals for the mutual benefit of SCO member states, observers, and dialogue partners.