India, Sept. 2 -- The Pahalgam terror attack was strongly condemned by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday, with the bloc endorsing India's position that the perpetrators of the assault must be brought to justice and that double standards are unacceptable in the fight against terrorism.

SCO also said the members opposed "unilateral coercive measures, including those of an economic nature" that go against accepted UN and WTO norms, an apparent reference to US trade tariffs that have roiled global trade.

The 10-member bloc listed its commitment to fight terrorism and extremism and urged the world community to combat the cross-border movement of terrorists in the Tianjin Declaration adopted at the conclusion of a two-day ...