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By Rhod Mackenzie

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is not directed against other countries or international organizations and is open to broad levels of cooperation, according to the joint New Delhi Declaration, signed following an online meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the online summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Putin welcomed Iran's joining the Organisation. “In less than two years, the Iranian partners completed all the necessary procedures, and now our common task is to he...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The speedy entry of Belarus into the SCO will have a positive impact on the activities of the association, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sure.

"Russia also stands for the speedy completion of the process of accession to the SCO of the Republic of Belarus. We are convinced...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia and Saudi Arabia both made statements on the same day about the new restrictions on the supply of oil on to the world market. This is how they will resist the monetary policies of the US and the EU, which are pulling oil prices down. Moscow, in addition to cutting product...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has suggested that the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) update the association's development strategy.

“The time has come to adopt a new strategy for the development of the SCO,” Tokayev said during...

By Oleg Barabanov

The Valdai Discussion Club recently held a special expert discussion on the situation in Serbia and the state of Russian-Serbian relations amid the current geopolitical conditions. This meeting expanded upon the Serbian issue in the expert activities of the Valdai Club,which we h...