NEW DELHI (AP) -- Beijing's bid for enhanced regional leadership suffered a setback Thursday when India rejected signing a joint statement put before members of the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization, saying it was pro-Pakistan in not mentioning April's terror attack on Indian tourists.
India-Pakistan crisis
India rejects signing Shanghai Cooperation Organization statement
The country said it was pro-Pakistan in not mentioning April terror attack on Indian tourists
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, left, attends the Defense Ministers' Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Members States in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on June 26. © AP
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