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Syria seeks to join Shanghai Group, BRICS - Syria's Information Minister
12:57 - 27.04.13
Syria is seeking to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
and the grouping of the emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa (BRICS) in the future, Syria's information
minister said on Saturday.
`We would like to become one day the member of such organizations as
the SCO and BRICS,' Omran Ahed al-Zouabi said at the meeting with
Ilyas Umakhanov, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council.
The minister said Syria would also like Russia to participate in the
country's reconstruction after the settlement of the Syrian crisis,
which has claimed at least 70,000 lives and displaced millions in just
over two years.
In the March declaration at the end of the BRICS summit in Durban,
South Africa, the leaders expressed `deep concern' over the ongoing
conflict in Syria and warned against any further militarization of the
conflict.
Founded in 2001, the SCO comprises Russia, China, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The organization consolidates
efforts to counter terrorism and radicalization among member
countries, and also works on other policy areas such as politics and
trade.
Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan have observer status,
while Belarus, Sri Lanka and Turkey are classed as dialogue partners.
Armenian News - Tert.am
12:57 - 27.04.13
Syria is seeking to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
and the grouping of the emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa (BRICS) in the future, Syria's information
minister said on Saturday.
`We would like to become one day the member of such organizations as
the SCO and BRICS,' Omran Ahed al-Zouabi said at the meeting with
Ilyas Umakhanov, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council.
The minister said Syria would also like Russia to participate in the
country's reconstruction after the settlement of the Syrian crisis,
which has claimed at least 70,000 lives and displaced millions in just
over two years.
In the March declaration at the end of the BRICS summit in Durban,
South Africa, the leaders expressed `deep concern' over the ongoing
conflict in Syria and warned against any further militarization of the
conflict.
Founded in 2001, the SCO comprises Russia, China, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The organization consolidates
efforts to counter terrorism and radicalization among member
countries, and also works on other policy areas such as politics and
trade.
Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan have observer status,
while Belarus, Sri Lanka and Turkey are classed as dialogue partners.
Armenian News - Tert.am