The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), while urging an end to double standards in the fight against terrorism.
The joint statement was issued following the SCO summit in Tianjin, chaired by Chinese President Xi Jinping and attended by leaders including Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others.
The council of heads of state denounced the March 11 hijacking of the Jaffar Express train in Balochistan, the May 21 bombing of a school bus in Khuzdar, and the April 22 attack on tourists in Pahalgam, IIOJK. The leaders expressed condolences to victims’ families and stressed that perpetrators and sponsors must be held accountable.
Member states reaffirmed their commitment to combating terrorism, separatism, and extremism in all forms, rejecting their use for political or mercenary purposes. They also called for consensus on a comprehensive global convention against terrorism and stressed the role of sovereign states in leading counterterrorism measures.
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The summit adopted the “Programme of Cooperation of Member States in Countering Extremist Ideology in the SCO Area for 2026–2030,” aimed at strengthening joint efforts against radical ideologies, intolerance, xenophobia, and transnational crime.
