Turkey considering military ties with Russia
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has lashed out at NATO, saying the alliance is not fully cooperating with Ankara
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Putin: free trade zone between EEU and Iran to give impetus to its relations with Russia
Establishing a free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union and Iran can give a strong impetus to expanding bilateral trade and investment, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Azerbaijani State News …
Iran between SCO and Silk Road
If Iran doesn't get into the first wave of expansion, it will be able to join the SCO only after 2020
Baku and Yerevan were offered the status of SCO dialogue partners
The dialogue partnership with the SCO is of an applied nature and entails a connection to specific areas of cooperation
Patrushev discusses situation in Syria and Afagnistan with his Iranian counterpart
A meeting of the Russian Security Council Secretary, Nikolai Patrushev, and the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Shamkhani, was held today in Moscow …
Astana to host SCO Summit in 2017
The next SCO Summit will take place in Astana on June 7-8, 2017, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said today. …
Putin: no obstacles for Iran to join SCO
There are no obstacles left for Iran to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Karimov about landmark event in history of SCO
Uzbek President Islam Karimov said that the accession of both Islamabad and New Delhi to the SCO would be a landmark event in the organization's history. "I will not conceal, the process of negotiations on …
Tashkent bans Soviet-era cars during SCO summit
Uzbekistan's capital has reportedly issued a temporary ban on Soviet-era cars entering the city ahead of the SCO summit. People behind the wheel of old cars made by Lada, Volga and Moskvich have been stopped from passing police …
Vladimir Putin arrives in Tashkent
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Tashkent, where a two-day annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) timed to its 15th anniversary gets underway. Traditionally, the program of …
Tashkent hosts 15th SCO summit
The first day of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, timed to mark its 15th anniversary, started in Tashkent today. It will be hosted by Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov. The heads of …
Ushakov about Iran, India and Pakistan obtaining SCO membership
The Kremlin hopes that India and Pakistan will become full-fledged members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the next SCO summit to be held in 2017 in Kazakhstan, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said. …
Xi Jinping to visit Uzbekistan
Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping, at the invitation of the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov will pay a state visit to the country on June 21, 2016, UzReport writes. During the meetings and talks at …
Does the Afghan government recognize the ethnic identity of its citizens?
The deputy minister of foreign affairs of Afghanistan said that all citizens, irrespective of their ethnicity, are Afghans
Vladimir Petrovsky: Caspian region is important element of Silk Road
The development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the SCO is important because the Caspian region is an important element of transport routes between the East and the West, including the Silk Road, The chief researcher at the Center for …
Russia supplies S-300PS air defense missile systems to Kazakhstan free of charge
Russia delivered its S-300PS air defense missile systems to Kazakhstan free of charge, the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Imangali Tasmagambetov in …
Kazakhstan to host SCO summit in 2017
Kazakhstan will host the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the next year, Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov said. The SCO summit-2016 will be held in Tashkent on June 23-24. …
Lavrov: Iran may join SCO
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plans to raise the question of Iran’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) during the upcoming SCO foreign ministerial meeting, Russian Presidential Envoy for the …
SCO Council of Foreign Ministers starts in Tashkent.
The session of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers started in Tashkent. Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov said that "the current meeting is the final stage of preparation for the SCO summit, scheduled …
SCO forum to discuss prospects of cooperation in Sochi
The international forum themed "On the second track. Role of civil society and public diplomacy in the further development and expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization" will start operation on …
