TEHRAN- President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran stated on Tuesday that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has the capability to stand against unilateralism by the Western world.
Raisi made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran with SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming.The Iranian president said experienced workforce, terrific population, plentiful rich and natural deposits, substantial location have actually created chance for the SCO to successfully withstand versus the Western unilateralism and produce local and worldwide integrity.The SCO, a Eurasian political, economic and security online forum founded in 2001, is comprised of eight member states: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan (with Iran quickly to sign up with).
Afghanistan, Belarus, and Mongolia are observer states, while Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey are discussion partners.As of 2021, the SCO represented 42.49% of the worlds population and 24.2% of the global GDP.Irans request to join the SCO was formally accepted by member states in the organizations summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in September 2022.
The country is now formally in the procedure of ending up being a full member.Raisi said Iran's subscription in the organization will lead to more dexterity in regards to regional cooperation and strengthen commercial ties between members.Exchange of experiences and more interactions in between SCO members can stimulate financial and commercial ties, he remarked.The Iranian president suggested that cooperation between Iran and the secretariat of the SCO need to proceed in such a way to produce a condition for emerging the memorandums of understandings and promote the level of cooperation to an appropriate level.
Iran's proposals to promote SCO status is under studyFor his part, Zhang revealed pleasure that Iran is ending up being a formal member of the SCO and presented a report about the procedure of joining the company by the Islamic republic.The SCO chief likewise praised Iran's good relationship with the members as well as its important status in promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the SCO geography.He also stated Iran's propositions for updating the structure of the SCO is under study .
Somewhere else in his remarks, Zhang stated, In view of Iran's ancient civilization and abundant history we make certain that it can act as an active and positive member in developing the location of action and power of the Shanghai Organization in achieving its aims.