CHINA-INDIA: CHINESE ANALYSTS WARN THAT INDIA COULD "POISON" MULTILATERAL EFFORTS OF SCO

The Global Times (September 17) highlighted warnings by Chinese experts on September 10 that India not be "poison" for cooperation under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).  Chinese analysts reminded SCO members to be vigilant of India, which may undercut the efficiency of the SCO by bringing its disputes with some members into regional cooperation, and urged India not to be "poison of the multilateral mechanism." Qian Feng, Director of the Research Department at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, told the Global Times (September 10) that "the SCO is of great importance to India, which was excluded from several international platforms on the Afghan issue, and it looked forward to getting to know the latest moves of the Taliban government and hoped to use the SCO to better restrain Taliban". He added that "if India doesn't take practical actions to ease tension with China and Pakistan, it cannot integrate itself in the SCO mechanism, and the consequences will be India's security being threatened". The Global Times observed that "analysts also called on India to seriously reflect on itself and not be a troublemaker for multilateral cooperation". 

(Comment: The warnings echo that given by Hu Shisheng of CICIR in his paper published in October 2020, where he had said India will try and disrupt China-led multi-nation organisations.)






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