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Revision note: India, Central Asia and Eurasian Groupings: SCO and BRICS

  • Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Babur from Fergana
  • Connect Central Asia 2012; Modi visit to all five 2015; first India–Central Asia Summit Jan 2022 (virtual)
  • Ashgabat Agreement 2011 (India joined 2018); TAPI pipeline; Kazakh uranium
  • SCO: Shanghai Five 1996 → SCO 2001; India & Pakistan 2017; Iran 2023; Belarus 2024; secretariat Beijing; RATS Tashkent; India chair 2023 "SECURE"
  • BRIC term 2001 (O'Neill); first summit 2009; SA 2010; expansion 2024 (Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE); Indonesia 2025
  • NDB (Fortaleza 2014, Shanghai; K.V. Kamath); CRA US$100 bn; India chairs BRICS 2026
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