In June 2005, the ministers of foreign affairs from China, Russia and India held an informal meeting in Vladivostok, Russia. They released a Joint Communiqué stressing that the three countries will develop cooperation in the fields of agriculture, energy and high technology, and will take this as an opportunity to build a strategic energy triangle. One of the most important motives behind India's application for membership to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is its desire to seek opportunities in cooperation on oil and gas exploitation in Central Asia.