Pakistan seeking membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

July 29th, 2009 Obama administration says Russia could join NATOWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is not ruling out the possibility of Russian membership in NATO. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon told U.S.

July 9th, 2009 Correction: China-Luxury ShanghaiSHANGHAI — In a July 6 story about Shanghai

June 16th, 2009 MOSCOW - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Russia for a summit Tuesday despite protests over alleged election fraud in the Islamic republic's presidential polls last week. Ahmadinejad will attend a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Yekaterinburg, central Russia, and later meet with journalists, Russia's Itar-Tass and Interfax news agencies said.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Pakistan and Russia Tuesday pledged to open a new chapter in their relationship by boosting economic ties and jointly tackling the twin threats of terrorism and extremism. The decision came at a meeting between Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at a scenic resort some 20 km from this Russian industrial city, APP news agency reported.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said Tuesday that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should help find solutions to regional problems and proposed a special mechanism for his country's involvement in three key areas - security, energy and trade. There was need to find concrete solutions instead of stop-gap arrangements, Zardari said while addressing the ninth SCO summit in this Russian industrial city, adding SCO must help finding solutions to regional problems, Online news agency reported.

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Chinese President Hu Jintao Monday reiterated they would enhance cooperation in all areas and vowed to make progress on strategic partnership, the Online news agency reported. The two leaders met here Monday ahead of the 9th summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Putting speculation at rest, India Friday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would meet Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg next week, but clarified there would no resumption of talks till Islamabad takes tangible action against terrorists. They will be in the same place at the same time.

April 6th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Russia would like to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) but the process of joining the group should not be endless. Russia has been negotiating its entry into the global trade organisation for more than 15 years.

March 28th, 2009 MOSCOW - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan is committed to play a main role in stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan. "Pakistan has a central role in facilitating the stabilization process in Afghanistan, and we remain deeply committed to this goal," The Nation quoted him, as saying.

March 27th, 2009 MOSCOW - India will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conference on Afghanistan in Moscow on Friday. The conference is being held ahead of the March 31 meeting on Afghanistan in The Hague, under the initiative of the United States.

March 11th, 2009 TEHRAN - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Tehran Tuesday to attend the 10th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and discuss plans for a gas pipeline linking the two countries with India. Zardari and his Iranian and Afghan counterparts Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hamid Karzai are scheduled to have a trilateral meeting prior to the summit Wednesday on security in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

March 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project even without India's participation, President Asif Ali Zardari said Monday, adding he will discuss the issue during his visit to Tehran beginning Tuesday. Zardari leaves for Tehran to represent Pakistan at the summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation being held in Iranian capital Wednesday, Geo TV reports.

January 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Sri Lanka will enhance defence cooperation, including military training and intelligence sharing, officials said after a meeting of the representatives of the two countries Monday. The defence secretaries of the two countries discussed various cooperations during a meeting at the garrison city of Rawalpindi, the official Associated Press of Pakistan said.

January 8th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Chandigarh Friday joined various cities in India and Pakistan in a signature campaign to garner public support against terrorism and to promote cooperation and peace between the two countries, members of a voluntary organisation said. This signature campaign will run for a month from Jan 9 to Feb 8 and various civil society organisations, students, peace and human right activists, politicians and other concerned citizens of the two countries are expected to participate in it.

December 22nd, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will act against all those involved in Mumbai's terror attacks in the country if India provides credible evidence of their involvement, a senior official said Tuesday. Rehman Malik, interior advisor to the prime minister, made the remarks at a joint press conference with Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble here.