Swaraj's statement at the SCO in Beijing comes in the wake of Chinese, as well as Japanese, concerns at the US increasing trade barriers
China will host the SCO summit in the port of Qingdao in June
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will now represent over 40% of humanity, nearly 20% of global GDP
SCO's membership is expected to help India have a greater say in issues relating to security and defence
SCO summit will be held in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent from June 23-24.
Prime Minister Modi will leave for Tashkent on Thursday to attend the two-day SCO summit
India, which has observer status, applied in 2014 for SCO membership