Iran Press/ Asia: Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an international intergovernmental organization established in June 2001 in Shanghai, China, by Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, and India and Pakistan joined this organization in June 2017.
On Wednesday night, during the meeting of the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Zhang Ming, with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a memorandum of commitments or arrangements for the accession of the Islamic Republic of Iran to this organization was signed.
After signing this document, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran stated that recently, all the documents related to the completion of the membership process of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Shanghai Organization were approved by the Council of Ministers and sent to the Islamic Council for review and legal procedures.
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After signing the memorandum of commitments, the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization also stated that today is an important and decisive day for the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. For this reason, I congratulate Iran's membership in the organization and my colleagues and friends.
The Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization added that the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region as a powerful country with stability and security is important for the organization.
He added that Iran's entry into the group of member states would be strengthened and promote this organization.
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