Belarus has become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Report informs.
The signing ceremony took place at the Palace of Independence in Astana, where a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State is being held.
Thus, Belarus became a full-fledged, tenth member of the SCO. India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have a similar status in the organization.
Belarus has been participating in the SCO since 2010 as a dialogue partner and since 2015 as an observer. In Samarkand, following the results of the Council of Heads of State on September 16, 2022, a decision was signed to begin the procedure for joining the organization.