Member states pose for group photograph in SCO summit (AP image)

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states on Monday have ‘strongly condemned’ the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 expressing their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the deceased and the injured.“The Member States strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025. They expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the dead and the wounded. They further stated that perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks must be brought to justice,” the declaration read.

The condemnation was part of the Tianjin Declaration, issued at the Council of Heads of State meeting during the ongoing SCO summit in China.The declaration emphasised that the perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks must be brought to justice. It reaffirmed the SCO members’ firm commitment to fighting terrorism, separatism, and extremism. It also highlighted the inadmissibility of attempts to use terrorist, separatist, or extremist groups for mercenary purposes.It further stressed the leading role of sovereign states and their competent authorities in countering terrorist and extremist threats. Member states strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, underscoring that double standards in the fight against terrorism are unacceptable and called on the international community to combat terrorism, including cross-border movement of terrorists.On 22 April, a terrorist attack in Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, killed 26 people, including 25 Indians and a Nepali tourist.In retaliation, India launched Operation Sindoor on the night of 6–7 May. The tri-services operation, carried out from Indian soil, targeted nine terror hideouts of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.