Saudi Arabias cabinet approved on Wednesday a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as Riyadh builds a long-term partnership with China despite US security concerns. Saudi Arabia has approved a memorandum on granting the kingdom the status of a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), state news agency SPA ...

Multilateralism is the reality of this century, the Iranian foreign minister said, referring to the approvement of the bill on Iran's permanent membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Iranian Parliament. Parliament's decisive vote for the bill on Iran's permanent membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) shows the ...

Irans top security official says the countrys membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be finalized as political obstacles have been removed. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said in a post on his official Twitter page on Wednesday that he had discussed the developments in Afghanistan,...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country has such a suitable geopolitical place and rich energy resources that it can supply the energy demands of many regional countries, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states. Rouhani on Tuesday delivered a speech to the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the ...

IRNA -- Speaking at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Moscow on Thursday, the Pakistani Foreign Minister has stressed the need to fully implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Shah Mahmood Qureshi said: "We share the stance of our SCO partners on effective implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ...

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to meet in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, on June 14, a senior Russian official said. President Putin will hold a meeting with President Rouhani in Bishkek on June 14, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, Moscow-based TASS news agency reported. "There ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to visit Kyrgyzstan on Thursday to attend Shanghai Summit on June 13-14 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Iranian presidents Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Information Parviz Esmaeili said. Rouhani's tour will be upon an official invitation of Kyrgyz president, Esmaeili said. In addition ...

Iranian Diplomacy | Kaveh L. Afrasiabi: The Iran-Russia relations has a lot going for it. The maritime neighbors in the Caspian basin are strategic allies against the scourge of jihadist terrorism, which has wreaked havoc in the Middle East and beyond, drawing Moscow and Tehran closer to each other in "shared strategic spaces" such as Syria, representing ...

IRNA Russian Ambassador to Pakistan says his country strongly desires Iran to become full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Alexey Yurevish Dedov in an interview with IRNA said from Russian point of view the most important platform for cooperation against terrorism is Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in which Russia, China ...

MNA Iranian ambassador to Beijing voiced the countrys resolve to expand relations with China and other member states to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Mohammad Keshavarz-zadeh, Iranian ambassador to Beijing, made the remark in a meeting with the newly-appointed Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Vladimir ...

Tasnim Uzbek politician Vladimir Norov who has been appointed as the next secretary general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran. In the meeting on Monday, Zarif and Norov --currently director of Uzbekistan's Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studiesdiscussed ...

June 10, The Iran Project Iranian people mark Night of Destiny; 29th demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA) observed in Tehran; Iran attends Parliamentarianism Forum in Moscow; JCPOA parties convene in Tehran; Iranians observe Intl Quds Day with rallies; Irans army holds Zolfaghar 97 war game in Tehran and President Rouhani attends SCO Summit in ...

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's presence in the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit is in fact a defeat for the US adopted policies and strategies against Tehran, a Chinese official said on Sunday. Although Iran maintains just an observer status in the SCO, the country is closely cooperating with Russia, China and other ...

IRNA Iranian and Armenian officials held talks in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on development of judicial cooperation. The talks held on Tuesday were attended by Iran's Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri and his Armenian counterpart Arthur Davtian. In the meeting, held on the sidelines of the 15th session of prosecutors general ...

FNA- A senior Kazakh official voiced his country's support for Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). "Iran possesses large capabilities and capacities for economic, cultural, and social ties with the member-countries of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Kazakhstan, as a key member, supports Iran's presence in ...

IRNA Iran is preparing itself to acquire permanent membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), says the Foreign Ministry spokesman. There are 30 documents and articles of associations that are required to be studied and ratified based on our regulations, Bahram Qasemi said during his weekly press conference on Monday. He said ...

MNA Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Kazakh capital to attend Shanghai summit and hold bilateral meetings with senior officials, FM spokesman said Thursday.According to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi, Iranian FM Zarif has left Turkeys Ankara this morning for Kazakh capital Astana. Zarifs visit to Astana aims ...

TASS - Irans membership at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will have a positive impact on cooperation between the member states of the regional alliance, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said in an interview with Chinas Xinhua news agency, published on the Russian Foreign Ministrys website. The diplomat confirmed that the ...

April 23, The Iran Project An Iranian parliamentarian says Iran joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will make US sanctions against Iran ineffective and increase the country's bargaining power in international transactions. Speaking to a reporter on Sunday, Mohammad Javad Kolivand said Iran is seeking to boost its economic ties with ...

IFP - While Russia has repeatedly backed Irans full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), some other members, particularly Tajikistan, seem to be opposed to the accession. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday he hoped Irans SCO membership process would start in June. Next in line, many have said ...