Tehran applies for full membership in SCO

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 11 / Trend T.Konyayeva/ Iran seeks to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iranian Supreme National Security Council's Secretary Assistant Ali Bageri said, INTERFAX reported. "We have already submitted a relevant application," Bageri said at a news conference in Moscow. Currently, Iran, India, Mongolia and Pakistan have an observer status in the six-nation SCO. Representatives of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan participate in the organization's meetings as guests. Belarus and Sri Lanka have a dialog partner status at the SCO. Afghanistan also applied for an observer status in 2011. The SCO is a regional international organization established in 2001 by the leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az