justanobserver
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If India joins SCO and any minor bickering with China will weaken SCO. Things only get complicated if Pakistan joins SCO. In that case it will be SAARC duex, too chaotic to counter NATO.
An excellent point

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If India joins SCO and any minor bickering with China will weaken SCO. Things only get complicated if Pakistan joins SCO. In that case it will be SAARC duex, too chaotic to counter NATO.

india wont join coz pakistan later on will be a part and china already.we have border disputes with all of them.
Von Hölle;1157044 said:This will hardly be the reason, for India not joining SCO..India and Pakistan are members of SARC also, in fact India has never allowed its foreign policy to be dictated by its pakistan concern.
india wont join coz pakistan later on will be a part and china already.we have border disputes with all of them.
Von Hölle;1157044 said:India and Pakistan are members of SAARC also, in fact India has never allowed its foreign policy to be dictated by its pakistan concern.
in sco pakistan will dance more due to china and how much saarc is successful?
SAARC, is a chaotic organization, which is the stage for Shouting matches between India and Pakistan. The other member sit around with bemusement.
What has SAARC delivered to its members that could not have been delivered with a bi-lateral relation with India? None of the SAARC members border each other except with India.
SCO is an ambitious project, the talk of Russia-China-India axis to counter US-NATO. So, the bonds have to be a bit tighter more akin like US and Europe, they may differences but France is not going to war with US any time soon. That is not the case with SCO-India, there are too many disputes, rhetoric and posturing for domestic and international consumption.
I hope we can make it happen, but we are far away from that. There is no point joining an organization only to be shouted K A S H M I R in shangai or moscow.
India needs to align its strategic interest with China and Russia first. Its relationship with the U.S is a concern.
SCO is a counterweight to the U.S a NATO for both China and Russia. If India cannot commit to that it should not join. For now, I don't see it. It won't help anyone.