Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Modi Urges SCO to Turn Security, Connectivity Vision Into Outcomes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Bishkek.
He said the group should turn its plans into real results.
India’s main ideas are security, connectivity and opportunity.
Modi said countries should work together against terrorism and its money, recruiters and safe places.
He said wars should be settled through talking and diplomacy instead of fighting.
He also said roads, trade routes and other connections must respect each country’s sovereignty.
The meeting listed 13 cooperation outcomes.
These covered drugs, energy, disasters, crime, climate change, information and artificial intelligence.
Modi also encouraged more cooperation among young people, businesses, scientists and communities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged SCO members to turn India’s three pillars—security, connectivity and opportunity—into measurable outcomes.
Modi called for dismantling the full ecosystem of terrorism, including financing, recruitment, radicalisation and safe havens, while rejecting double standards.
He said wars and conflicts should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, and connectivity projects must respect national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The summit produced 13 listed outcomes covering security, anti-narcotics cooperation, energy, emergencies, crime, climate change, information and artificial intelligence.
The outcomes included new programmes, statements, protocols and memoranda intended to strengthen cooperation among SCO member states through 2030 and beyond.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states.
- What
- The 26th SCO Summit discussed India’s priorities of security, connectivity and opportunity and produced 13 listed cooperation outcomes.
- When
- 1 September; the first article describes the address as taking place on a Tuesday.
- Where
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- Why
- To strengthen cooperation on regional security, terrorism, development, connectivity, energy, technology and other shared challenges, and to set a roadmap for the SCO’s next 25 years.
- Event
- 26th Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- Location
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- India’s three pillars
- Security, connectivity and opportunity
- Listed outcomes
- 13
- Security focus
- Counterterrorism, organised crime, narcotics and transnational threats
- Technology focus
- Cooperation in artificial intelligence and information
- Long-term horizon
- The SCO’s next 25 years; several anti-drug programmes extend through 2030
