Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Global South strategic cooperation

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MortyandRick

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Overbom said:
Agreed. It's just PR after all, a generic statement against terrorism in general would be fine.

IMO bad diplomacy
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I can't imagine them not doing something so obviously easy and reasonable.

I suspect there's more to it. I wonder if India demanded that they condemned Pakistani directly as part of the statement from the SCO. In which case it's understandably not possible
 
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CMP

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MortyandRick said:
I can't imagine them not doing something so obviously easy and reasonable.

I suspect there's more to it. I wonder if India demanded that they condemned Pakistani directly as part of the statement from the SCO. In which case it's understandably not possible
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That would not surprise me at all. Quad, border hostilities with China, air skirmish with Pakistan, assassinations in Canada and US, sabotaging Iranian national security, etc. They have a track record of pushing hard for objectives that are not ultimately fruitful.
 
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dingyibvs

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4Tran said:
I've always thought of Vietnam as the most pragmatic country in Southeast Asia. They have some of the fiercest territorial disputes with China but they're willing to sign border treaties. They have the most historical animosity with China, but they're also willing to cut trade deals. Vietnam missed out on most of the early BRI opportunities, but I think that they're trying to make up for lost time. One of the big shifts was to go from trying to get Japanese help to build their high speed rail line, they decided to look for Chinese help in 2024.
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You need to be independent first before you're afforded the luxury of pragmatism. Vietnam and China fought long, bloody wars for their independence, which is why they can afford to act rationally now.
 
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