Daily Current Affairs / SCO Summit 2022 kicks off in Uzbekistan
Category : International Published on: September 15 2022
SCO Summit will be attended by leaders of SCO Member States, Observer States, and Secretary General of the SCO, Executive Director of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, President of Turkmenistan, and other invited guests.
The leaders are expected to review the organisation’s activities over the past two decades and discuss the state and prospects of multilateral cooperation in the future.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation focuses on cooperation with international and regional organisations.
Members of SCO: The SCO currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), four Observer States interested in acceding to full membership (Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, and Mongolia) and six “Dialogue Partners” (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey).
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