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Name of the organization |
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
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General information about the organization |
· Establishment day: 15th June, 2001. · The Charter was signed in 2002. · Member States: Russia, İran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus; · Observers: Afghanistan, Mongolia; · “Dialogue partner” countries: Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cambodia, Nepal, Armenia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Republic of Maldives, Myanmar, UAE, Kuwait and Sri Lanka. · Purpose: establishing good neighborly and friendly relations, strengthening mutual trust, promoting effective cooperation in various fields, supporting joint efforts to ensure peace, stability and security in the region, and creating a fair new international political and economic structure. · Organizational structure: o Council of Heads of States o Council of Heads of Government o Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs o Meetings of heads of parliaments, defense, economy, transport, culture, health, general prosecutors and officials responsible for other fields o Council of National Coordinators |
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Information about cooperation between Azerbaijan and the organization |
· On 10th July, 2015, at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO, decision on granting Azerbaijan the status of “Dialogue partner” was approved; o On 14th March, 2016, the "Memorandum on granting the status of "dialogue partner" of the SCO to the Republic of Azerbaijan" regulating the general directions of cooperation between our country and the SCO was signed in Beijing. · On 16th September, 2015, the deputy minister of economy and industry participated in the 14th meeting of SCO ministers responsible for foreign trade and foreign economic relations in Xi'an, China. · On 14th March, 2016, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Secretary-General of the SCO Rashid Alimov signed the "Memorandum on granting the status of a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to the Republic of Azerbaijan" regulating the general directions of cooperation between our country and the SCO. · On 12th April, 2018, in Baku, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by the Secretary-General of the SCO Rashid Alimov. · On 14th February, 2020, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev met with the Secretary-General of the SCO Vladimir Norov within the framework of the Munich Security Conference. · On 23rd June, 2021, a delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Economy participated in the SCO Economic Forum held in Dushanbe, the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan. o At the plenary session of the forum, discussions and exchange of views were held on the 20th anniversary of the SCO, the transformation of the economy and the application of modern technologies on digitalization, e-commerce and sustainable development, as well as the increase of general digitalization processes in the conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. o In accordance with the program of the SCO Economic Forum, bilateral meetings were held between the heads of the delegations of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan after the plenary session. · The Export and Investment Promotion Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan - AZPROMO was represented at the "Economic Forum and Industrial Innovations Exhibition" of the SCO held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 16-17th August, 2022. o During the speech at the "Features of international cooperation and restoration of trade and economic relations" panel, information was provided about trade relations with SCO members, as well as business and investment opportunities created in our country. o At the same time, ideas were exchanged with the Deputy Secretary-General of the SCO on the establishment of an information exchange system to increase export-import operations. · On 16th September, 2022, the Summit of SCO member countries was held in Samarkand. o The Minister of Economy participated in the summit as part of the delegation headed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. o The Samarkand Declaration was adopted as the conclusion of the summit. · On July 3-4, 2024, the Summit of SCO member countries was held in Astana, Kazakhstan. o The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan participated in the meeting held in the "SCO plus" format within the framework of the summit. o As the conclusion of the summit, the Astana Declaration on unity was adopted. o Nurlan Yermekbayev was elected General Secretary of the SCO for 2025-2027 years. · On July 18, 2024, the Republic of Azerbaijan applied to the SCO to obtain the status of an observer country. |
