{"id":301502,"date":"2025-07-03T16:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=301502"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:29:03","slug":"after-sco-defence-ministers-meet-false-claims-of-india-being-left-out-and-russia-signing-joint-statement-go-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/after-sco-defence-ministers-meet-false-claims-of-india-being-left-out-and-russia-signing-joint-statement-go-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"After SCO defence ministers’ meet, false claims of India being left out and Russia signing joint statement go viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

After defence ministers representing their countries at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) were unable to adopt a joint statement at the end of their talks on June 26, several rumours regarding the meeting were viral on social media. One of the viral claims is that Russia signed a joint SCO statement supporting Pakistan. Another claim suggested that a closed-door meeting was carried out without India.<\/p>\n

Formed in 2001, the SCO is a grouping of 10 countries including China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. The defence ministers’ meeting took place in China’s Qingdao ahead of the upcoming annual summit.<\/p>\n

On June 29, X user @TheDailyCPEC<\/a> claimed that Russia had signed the joint SCO statement. At the time of this article being written, the post had a million views. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Russia has officially signed the joint SCO statement, supporting Pakistan’s position over India. pic.twitter.com\/GHGxmH5cA4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Daily CPEC (@TheDailyCPEC) June 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

X user @NavCom24<\/a> had also shared the viral claim that Russia signed the SCO statement. However, it was later deleted. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, X user @thinking_panda<\/a> claimed that China, Iran, Russia and Pakistan agreed to a closed-door SCO meeting without inviting India. (Archive<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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If we tell India, India will tell the US and Israel. So we have to keep India out of the door. \ud83d\ude05 pic.twitter.com\/FOSqIGC5Mj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ShanghaiPanda (@thinking_panda) June 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several other X users, including @DefenseDiplomat<\/a>, @BigWayneConley<\/a> and <\/span>@qazafi197476<\/a>, shared similar claims. <\/span>(Archives: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>)<\/p>\n