Rajnath Singh Calls for Unified SCO Action Against Terrorism at Bishkek Meeting

📌 Summary:

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (April 28, 2026), calling for a unified SCO approach to combat terrorism
• Warned against "double standards" in fighting terrorism — a pointed message to Pakistan (also an SCO member present at the meeting) about state-sponsored terror
• Presented Operation Sindoor — India's precision military strikes on 9 terror infrastructure targets in Pakistan and PoK — as India's legitimate, proportionate, and targeted counter-terror response to the Pahalgam attack
• Invoked SCO's founding Shanghai Spirit commitments to combat the "three evils": terrorism, separatism, and extremism — binding on all 9 SCO members
• Bilateral meetings held with several SCO counterparts to share India's perspective and build understanding around its counter-terror doctrine
• Pakistan was present at the meeting — making India's presentation diplomatically significant and diplomatically pointed simultaneously
• India used the multilateral SCO platform to counter Pakistan's narrative and build regional counter-terrorism consensus
• SCO context: the grouping includes India, Pakistan, China, Russia, Iran, and 4 Central Asian states — a critical forum where India must engage assertively on security issues