ID :
188715
Wed, 06/15/2011 - 09:42
Auther :

Kazakhstan hosts SCO summit.

ASTANA, June 15 (Itar-Tass) - The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization met in Astana for a jubilee summit on Wednesday. A decade
ago, the heads of Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
signed a declaration to establish the organization.
The SCO leaders will initially meet in narrow format. Then the forum
will expand to include the heads of the delegations of India, Iran,
Mongolia and Pakistan. These countries have observer status at the
Organization.
The presidents of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan and representatives of
international organizations have been invited as guests. According to the
summit program, the final documents will be signed at a ceremony on
Wednesday afternoon, Moscow time. A statement for the press is expected.

X