India has refused to sign a joint statement at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China as it did not reflect the country's concerns on terrorism, India's foreign ministry has said. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday that India's desire for its concerns to be reflected was "not acceptable to one particular country".

India has refused to sign a joint statement, which would have “diluted” its stand over the issue of terror at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting Thursday. Government sources told ThePrint that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh objected to the attempts to dilute the issue and downplay the dastardly 22 April Pahalgam terror attack.

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was formed to fight terrorism, but during the Defence Ministers' meeting, one member opposed including a reference to terrorism in the final statement.