♤ India should rope in one or more SCO countries, preferably Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, in

its effort to project Chabahar as India’s gateway to Eurasia.

♤ In the meantime, it should seek to benefit from maintaining a regional presence, tracking regional trends in security, energy, trade, connectivity and cultural interests.

♤ India should use the SCO atmosphere for building better convergences with China and Russia as well as to minimise the intensity of China-Pakistan alignment which actually undercuts India’s direct access to Eurasia.