Any serious connectivity action must be exemplary, transparent and participatory, the government asserted at an SCO match on Thursday. Without naming China or Pakistan, who were represented by Premier Li Keqiang and foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi independently at the meeting, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said similar enterprise must also conform to the most introductory principle of transnational law — respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Jaishankar was addressing nearly the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Kazakhstan.
“ India believes that lesser connectivity is an profitable force-multiplier which has acquired lesser salience in thepost-Covid period. Still, any serious connectivity action must be exemplary, transparent and participatory,” said Jaishankar, indeed as he reaffirmed India’s commitment to cooperate, plan, invest and make physical and digital connectivity in the SCO region.
In an apparent reference to Pakistan’s sweats to raise the Kashmir issue at SCO, he said it was unfortunate to note there had been repeated attempts to designedly bring bilateral issues into SCO. “ This violates the well- established principles and morals of SCO Charter. Similar acts are ineffective to the spirit of agreement and cooperation that define this organisation and should be condemned,” he said.
“ India considers the SCO as an important indigenous group to promote cooperation in colorful fields grounded on widely recognised transnational morals, good governance, rule of law, openness, translucency and equivalency,” he added.
