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ARMENIA SEEKS SCO OBSERVER STATUS
22:53 10/09/2013
YEREVAN, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia would like to acquire
observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),
a post-Soviet Eurasian security bloc, and it will need support from
China to get it, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said Tuesday.
Sargsyan, on a visit to China, was assured by his Chinese counterpart,
Li Keqiang, that China would consider the matter with its partners
in the SCO, the Armenian government press service said.
Keqiang said China welcomed Armenia's wish to become involved in
regional affairs. The SCO will hold a summit meeting in Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan, on September 13.
Founded in 2001, the SCO comprises Russia, China, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The organization aims to
consolidate efforts to counter terrorism and radicalization among
member countries, and to coordinate work in other areas such as
politics and trade. Iran, Afghanistan, India, Mongolia and Pakistan
have observer status in the organization.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20130910/183345225/Armenia-Seeks-SCO-Observer-Status.html
22:53 10/09/2013
YEREVAN, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia would like to acquire
observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),
a post-Soviet Eurasian security bloc, and it will need support from
China to get it, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said Tuesday.
Sargsyan, on a visit to China, was assured by his Chinese counterpart,
Li Keqiang, that China would consider the matter with its partners
in the SCO, the Armenian government press service said.
Keqiang said China welcomed Armenia's wish to become involved in
regional affairs. The SCO will hold a summit meeting in Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan, on September 13.
Founded in 2001, the SCO comprises Russia, China, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The organization aims to
consolidate efforts to counter terrorism and radicalization among
member countries, and to coordinate work in other areas such as
politics and trade. Iran, Afghanistan, India, Mongolia and Pakistan
have observer status in the organization.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20130910/183345225/Armenia-Seeks-SCO-Observer-Status.html