(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Rena Murshud read more The United Arab Emirates has been granted the status of a
dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),
the UAE's news agency said on Saturday.
Azernews reports, citing foreign media outlets
that a memorandum of understanding to participate in the
association as a dialogue partner was signed on the sidelines of a
meeting of the organization's foreign ministers in Goa, India, on
May 4-5, 2023.
Dr. Abdulnasser Alshaali, UAE Ambassador to India, signed the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning its accession to the
SCO as a Dialogue Partner with Zhang Ming, Secretary General of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The granting of Dialogue Partner status epitomizes the UAE's
consistent efforts to develop and maintain balanced and diversified
partnerships with countries and multilateral organisations
worldwide.
Reflecting upon the UAE's partnership with the SCO, H.H. Sheikh
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation, underlined the crucial role the SCO has
played over recent decades in supporting political stability and
economic prosperity throughout Eurasia and beyond.
Commenting on the occasion, His Highness remarked:“As an
engaged member of the international community with an unwavering
commitment to multilateralism, the UAE recognises the critical
importance of organisations such as the SCO in building bridges of
cooperation between member states towards common objectives. In the
coming period, the UAE will seek to make significant strides in its
engagement with the SCO and its member states. As a people and
country, we are delighted at being welcomed as a Dialogue Partner
in an organisation whose global influence and importance only
continue to grow.”
The SCO was founded in June 2001. The main objectives of the SCO
are to strengthen relations among member states; promote
cooperation in political affairs, economics and trade, science,
culture, education, energy, transportation, tourism, and
environmental protection; safeguard regional peace, security, and
stability; and create an equitable international political and
economic order.
The SCO's Member States are the People's Republic of China, the
Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of
Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the
Republic of Uzbekistan.
SCO Observer States include the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,
the Republic of Belarus, and Mongolia.
The UAE, the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the
Republic of Maldives, and Myanmar join existing SCO Dialogue
Partners, which include the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of
Armenia, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Federal Democratic Republic
of Nepal, the Republic of Türkiye, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the
State of Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
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