Thread by @Ordakazakhstan_

The procedure for Belarus' accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO) will be launched at the organization's summit in #Samarkand. This was stated at a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
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The signing of a memorandum on Iran's obligations in order to obtain the status of a SCO member state is expected as well. This will allow #Tehran to join the founding documents and international treaties of the organization.
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In addition, memoranda have been prepared to formalize the status of dialogue partners for #Egypt, #Qatar and #SaudiArabia, and the process of granting dialogue partnership to #Bahrain, #Maldives and a number of other states will also begin.
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The SCO summit is scheduled for “September 15-16. Currently, the organization includes #Uzbekistan, #Russia, #India, #Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan, #China, #Pakistan and #Tajikistan.
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The observer countries are #Afghanistan, #Belarus, #Iran and #Mongolia, the partner countries are #Azerbaijan, #Armenia, #Cambodia, #Nepal, #Türkiye and #SriLanka.
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