Dushanbe, 21.06.2016. /NIAT “Khovar”/. The Business Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will discuss at its meeting on June 23 the prospects of activities’ development, including priorities and main directions to expand cooperation in the near future, Trend News Agency reports quoting the Uzbek Foreign Ministry statement.
According to a source, the meeting will be attended by business delegations of Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, headed by the chairmen of the national parts of the SCO Business Council.
It should be noted that the meeting of the Council of Heads of the SCO member-states will be held in Tashkent on June 23-24.
The SCO was established in 2001. The SCO members are China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia and Belarus are the SCO observer-countries, while Turkey, Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, Armenia, Cambodia and Nepal are dialogue partners.