Tehran, NU Online
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to pay a visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan mid August to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Also during the trip, Ahmadinejad is scheduled to hold bilateral and multilateral meetings with presidents and senior officials of participating countries, including his Russian, Chinese, Pakistani, Tajik, Kazakh and Uzbek counterparts, to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues.<>
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an inter-governmental organization founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001 by six countries - China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Fars news agency reported, Iran, Pakistan, India and Mongolia have observer status in the SCO.
The Iranian president will be taking part in the summit in accordance with SCO regulations and an agreement reached by member states allowing participation by observer states.
SCO's six member states have a total population of 1.455 billion, about a quarter of the world's total. (dar)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to pay a visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan mid August to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Also during the trip, Ahmadinejad is scheduled to hold bilateral and multilateral meetings with presidents and senior officials of participating countries, including his Russian, Chinese, Pakistani, Tajik, Kazakh and Uzbek counterparts, to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues.<>
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an inter-governmental organization founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001 by six countries - China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Fars news agency reported, Iran, Pakistan, India and Mongolia have observer status in the SCO.
The Iranian president will be taking part in the summit in accordance with SCO regulations and an agreement reached by member states allowing participation by observer states.
SCO's six member states have a total population of 1.455 billion, about a quarter of the world's total. (dar)
