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Belarus officially joined the SCO
Currently, the SCO, which was founded in 2001, also includes China, India, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan. The status of the observer has Afghanistan and Mongolia.
Participation in Astana was also accepted by Vladimir Putin. The day before, he held a two -sided meeting there with the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkey has the status of the country - the SCO partner).