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    I think we will be hearing a lot about this organization.

    Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines
    July 11 2015

    Armenia Joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization as `Partner in Dialogue'

    Alex Crown

    Another highlight of Mr. Modi's visit was India's inclusion as the
    full member of the SCO at the Ufa summit of the organisation.

    The BRICS grouping is a more recent invention, but the SCO emerged in
    2001 as successor to the so-called Shanghai Five, which comprised
    Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and China.

    A statement from the PM House said Pakistan will now have to fulfil
    certain statutory and legal requirements before the country formally
    becomes a full member.

    The Prime Minister said the membership also advances the shared vision
    to reconnect and integrate Eurasia's different region. `We have
    everything we need to succeed'. India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and
    Mongolia are at present observers ` a status that allows them to
    participate in meetings but without full voting rights.

    The SCO, which also includes ex- Soviet republics in Central Asia, has
    been viewed as a de facto counterweight to major Western alliances
    such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

    The prime minister said that the SCO countries must work together to
    mitigate differences, resolve outstanding disputes and create a
    favourable environment for the betterment of their peoples. China has
    steered the organization toward an economic grouping while Russian
    Federation has emphasized the organization's political role and pushed
    for greater security cooperation.

    While India continues to nurse serious reservations over the
    China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Sharif? said the corridor was going
    to be useful for the prosperity of the region.

    `We will work with SCO to combat terrorism and extremism that is a
    rising threat to the entire region'. A separate meeting between Sharif
    and Modi led to plans for Modi to visit Pakistan next year.

    India has been an actively participating in SCO activities that are
    open to Observers. SCO now has four nuclear powered nations with India
    and Pakistan joining its benches along with China and Russian
    Federation.

    Members should promote the development of the bank's headquarters and
    a regional center in Africa, said Xi, who urged more countries to
    support the bank.

    Analysts told Shanghai Daily, that with its expansion the SCO will
    provide a platform for broader economic and security cooperation
    within the Eurasian region.


    Hayastan or Bust.
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