Participants in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, which is taking place in Tianjin, have decided to combine the statuses of “observer” and “dialogue partner” into a single status of “SCO partner.” This is stated in the declaration adopted during the summit, as reported by ria.ru.
“Member states have decided to combine the statuses of “observer” and “dialogue partner” into a single status of “SCO partner,”” the document states.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization was founded in 2001. Currently, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are full members of the organization.
Before the new decision, Afghanistan and Mongolia had observer status. The dialogue partners were Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bahrain, Egypt, Cambodia, Qatar, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Sri Lanka.
