The SCO Secretary: "Egypt, Syria, Israel, Ukraine interested in SCO. We’re not rushing to expand."

[TaiShang]

Egypt, Syria, Israel, Ukraine interested in collaborating with SCO - official
November 23, 2016 TASS

SCO’s secretary-general says the grouping is in no hurry to expand.

A group photograph of the SCO heads of state during a summit in Ufa in 2015. Source: Reuters

Egypt, Israel, Syria, and Ukraine are interested in collaborating with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in a variety of ways, SCO Secretary-General Rashid Alimov told Russian reporters on Nov. 22 at the UN headquarters. He added that the SCO was in no rush to expand.

“There are many aspirants,” Alimov said. “We have queries from Israel, Egypt, Syria, Ukraine, the Maldives, and from some others. The SCO continues drawing interest.”

He suggested that this interest would further grow after the admission of new members, India and Pakistan.

“We’re not rushing to expand,” he said. “Now we’re working step by step with India and Pakistan as specified by the Memorandum on Obligations. First we will round out this procedure and then we’ll see how the whole pattern works.”

He said expansion was not an end in itself for the SCO. “We proceeded from the assumption that conditions should be ripe, and now by our 15th anniversary they’re ripe and we’re taking steps forward.”

The SCO was founded in 2001 by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

The procedure of extending full membership to India and Pakistan began in 2015.

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[艹艹艹]

SCO’s secretary-general says the grouping is in no hurry to expand.

That's right,no hurry to expand

 

[Indus Pakistan]

I can see certain type of Pakistani's getting cramps over this. I am talking here about the all lovin, all ummah thinkin, all khalifa drinkin types ......

 

[TaiShang]

I can see certain type of Pakistani's getting cramps over this. I am talking here about the all lovin, all ummah thinkin, all khalifa drinkin types ......

If their understanding of interstate relations is limited with and reduced to pre-Westphalian Ummah and imperialist Khalifa, they will likely suffer from lots of cramps over secular governance over the coming years.

If that is the case, they should pray the US remains to be the unipolar power.

 

[Daniel808]

I heard Belarus also want to become a Member in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

Getting bigger day by day

 

[Indus Pakistan]

If their understanding of interstate relations is limited with and reduced to pre-Westphalian Ummah and imperialist Khalifa, they will likely suffer from lots of cramps over secular governance over the coming years.

If that is the case, they should pray the US remains to be the unipolar power.

Please do expand your lucid thoughts on post Wstphalian interestate relations - certain members here need 'cramping'.

 

[Star Expedition]

A high-effiency dense SCO is better than a bigger SCO

 

[KediKesenFare3]

A high-effiency dense SCO is better than a bigger SCO

Thank you for this very important comment on this topic.

 

[TaiShang]

A high-effiency dense SCO is better than a bigger SCO

It will likely be the case, as understood from the statement by the Secretary General. After all, the SCO is not meant to be a NATO equivalent. It has clear cut objectives and most of those objectives are met at this current stage of its development.