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PM Modi SCO Summit 2025: SCO member states condemn Pahalgam attack

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders meeting in Tianjin on Monday (September 1, 2025). Today is his third day of China trip.

Speaking after the Pahalgam attack, he addresses the summit's plenary session that "terrorism is a collective challenge to humanity."

Modi highlighted that India's vision for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is guided by three pillars, namely Security, Connectivity and Opportunity.  

At the SCO Summit, the member states in the joint declaration adopted a strong stance against terrorism in their statement.

The member states strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April, which killed 26 people.

They expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the dead and the wounded. They further stated that perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks must be brought to justice.

The member states, while reaffirming their commitment to the fight against terrorism, separatism, and extremism, stress the inadmissibility of attempts to use terrorist, separatist and extremist groups for mercenary purposes. They recognise the leading role of sovereign states and their competent authorities in countering terrorist and extremist threats.

The members strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, stressed that double standards in the fight against terrorism are unacceptable, and called on the international community to combat terrorism, including the cross-border movement of terrorists.

The member states also spared thoughts for the Jaffar Express and Khuzdar attacks in Balochistan, and the crisis in Middle East.

Modi will also participate in a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before returning to India.