(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 12. The next summit
of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held on July
3–4 in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, said Special Presidential
Representative of the President of Russia on SCO Affairs Bakhtiyer
Khakimov during a briefing, Trend reports.
"Preparations for the upcoming summit, the gathering of the
Council of Heads of State of SCO member states, scheduled for July
3–4 in Astana, are reaching their final stages," he said.
In addition, Khakimov noted that one of the key results of the
summit will be the signing of the decision on Belarus' membership
in the SCO.
"Belarus has fulfilled all its obligations under the memorandum
of commitments. We proceed from the fact that on July 4, the number
of SCO member states will increase to ten," he said.
Earlier, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev invited
UN Secretary-General António Guterres to the SCO summit.
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