Belarus’ SCO membership may be approved soon – Kazakhstan’s president

July 4, BPN. Belarus may soon be accepted to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has told the SCO Council of Heads of State via video conference.

Kazakhstan drafted a new SCO strategy designed to expand the organization’s agenda “in the most promising areas of interaction,” Kazinform reported citing the official.

Established in 2001, the SCO comprises China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Belarus has been the SCO’s partner since 2010 and an observer since 2015. Minsk applied for SCO membership in July 2022.