India has used its veto power! On September 1, Indian media reported that India vetoed Azerbaijan's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. This is a major setback for Azerbaijan!!! Azerbaijan has great ambitions to become a formal member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. However, it publicly supported Pakistan and Turkey during the Sindo operation. Now, India has blocked Azerbaijan from joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Of course, regarding whether India has used its veto power, only Indian media have reported so far, and information from other sources has not been confirmed yet. However, considering the relationship between India and Azerbaijan, India indeed has a very strong motive to do so. In fact, before the SCO summit, media reports indicated that India once pressured us to not invite Turkey and Azerbaijan to attend the SCO summit, and India's reason was that these two countries have close relations with Pakistan.
Related media reported that if these two countries attended, Modi might not attend. Of course, looking back at the actual situation, as the host, we did not agree to India's request. Now that the SCO summit has just ended, Indian media reported this information, which indeed shows India's strong anger towards Azerbaijan and Turkey. Of course, we will not discuss Turkey for now.
As for Azerbaijan, since becoming an observer in the SCO in 2016, Azerbaijan has been very active in participating in SCO activities. This year, Azerbaijani President Aliyev even arrived in Tianjin in person to attend. We have clearly stated that China supports Azerbaijan's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Obviously, according to the report by Indian media, although Azerbaijan has received support from countries such as China and Pakistan, due to India's opposition, it may still have a long way to go before becoming a formal member.
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