India is likely to seek a greater role for itself in the Sanghai Cooperation Organisation, when External Affairs Minister S M Krishna visits Kazakhstan capital Astana tomorrow to attend the two-day SCO Summit. The SCO serves as an important platform for resolution and discussion of regional issues. Briefing reporters in New Delhi today, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said that India has expressed its desire to play a larger role in SCO. India along with Pakistan wants to become a member of the Organisation, and the Summit is expected to make some headway in this regard.

SCO was formed by Russia, China and four Central Asian nations in 2001, and India became an observer in 2005.