Pakistan refused inaugural session of SCO joint exercise in India
Shares
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan did not participate in the inaugural session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) joint exercise on urban earthquake link rescue in Delhi. The session was addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday.
Pakistan link expected to participate in the drill being organised by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from November 5-7 onwards. The exercise is the outcome of the 9th meeting of the heads of government departments of SCO countries dealing with the prevention and elimination of emergency situation in Kyrgyzstan in 2017, in which India offered to organise the next annual disaster management exercise for the region.
The countries part of SCO are China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan and India. ‘3 lakh lives lost’
Mr. Shah said that during 1996-2015, more than 3 lakh people lost their lives due to natural calamities.
