SCO accords approval to 14 decisions

On the occasion of the 23rd meeting of the SCO’s Council of Heads of State, which took place today, fourteen significant decisions and documents received approval from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Among them is the New Delhi Declaration, which set forth the position of the SCO-Member States as a whole on strategic and geopolitical issues of shared concern. Two joint statements on strategies to combat radicalization that leads to terrorism, extremism, and separatism, as well as the SCO Economic Development Strategy, were adopted at the meeting.

It also accorded approval to inclusion of Iran in the SCO as a full member and initiated the process for full membership of Belarus at next meeting.   Meeting provided an important opportunity for Pakistan to share its priorities for the future direction of the Organization.Since becoming a member of the SCO in 2017, Pakistan has been actively participating in all SCO activities and has made constructive contributions towards achieving SCO’s multi-sectoral objectives under various SCO mechanisms.