India, June 26 -- The ministry of external affairs on Thursday said that a joint statement could not be adopted at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers' meeting, as consensus could not be reached, particularly on the issue of terrorism.

"We had our defence minister participating in the defence ministers' meeting of SCO. This meeting happened over two days, that is, yesterday and today. The defence ministers' meeting has concluded. I understand that they could not adopt a joint statement. I also understand that certain member countries could not reach consensus on certain issues, and hence, the document couldn't be formalised," said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.

He further said that India had pushed for a str...