Islamabad, July 04, 2023 (PPI-OT): The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has accorded approval to fourteen important decisions and documents on the occasion of 23rd meeting of the SCO’s Council of Heads of State today. These include the New Delhi Declaration, which articulated the collective stance of the SCO-Member States on strategic and geopolitical issues of common interest.

The meeting adopted two joint statements on Strategies to Counter Radicalization Leading to Terrorism, Extremism and Separatism; and Cooperation in Digital Transformation; as well as the SCO Economic Development Strategy. It also accorded approval to inclusion of Iran in the SCO as a full member and initiated the process for full membership of Belarus at next meeting.

The meeting provided an important opportunity for Pakistan to share its priorities for the future direction of the Organization. Since becoming a member of the SCO in 2017, Pakistan has been actively participating in all SCO activities and has made constructive contributions towards achieving SCO’s multi-sectoral objectives under various SCO mechanisms.

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