Nepal joins SCO
Nepal
has become a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). As
a dialogue partner, Nepal is able to participate in the multi-field cooperation
of the SCO, which has an increasing presence in international affairs.
Besides,
as Nepal joins the SCO, it will create new opportunities for the SCO’s mutually
beneficial cooperation and benefit people living in the extensive region that
the SCO covers. Recently, Azerbaijan also officially became a SCO dialogue
partner.
About Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO):
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It is a Eurasian
political, economic and military organisation which was founded in 2001 in
Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan,
and Uzbekistan. These countries, except for Uzbekistan, had been members of the
Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the
members renamed the organisation.
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The SCO is seen
as a counter to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
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It has eight
members: China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India
and Pakistan. India and Pakistan joined as members of SCO in July 2015
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It also has
Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia and Belarus as observers.
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The SCO has
established relations with the United Nations, where it is an observer in the
General Assembly, the European Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN), the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation.
Its headquarters is located in Beijing, China
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SCO [Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation]
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Formed on: April 26, 1996
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HQ: Beijing, China
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Members
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Observers
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Dialogue Partners
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Guest
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China
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Afghanistan
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Armenia
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ASEAN
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Kazakhstan
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Iran
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Azerbaijan
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CIS
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Kyrgyzstan
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Belarus
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Cambodia
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Turkmenistan
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Russia
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Mongolia
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Nepal
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Tajikistan
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Sri Lanka
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Uzbekistan
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Turkey
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India
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Pakistan
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