India, Sept. 2 -- India has joined Russia, China, Iran and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in condemning military strikes on Iran and calling for a "comprehensive and just settlement" of the Palestinian question, as the Bishkek Declaration placed the worsening West Asian security situation at the centre of the 10-member grouping's geopolitical message.

Discover more Geographic Reference Opinion & Commentary History Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed the declaration along with other SCO leaders at the conclusion of the 26th Council of Heads of State meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on September 1. The summit also marked the 25th anniversary of the grouping.

For India, the declaration is significant as its pos...