Thursday, 24 August 2017

where was two-day Meeting of Heads of Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States organized?

where was two-day Meeting of Heads of Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States organized?

Options

1) Kyrgyzstan

2)Kazakhstan

3)Tajikistan

4)Uzbekistan

answer

1) Kyrgyzstan


Other details

A two-day Meeting of Heads of Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States will begin  at Choplon Ata in Kyrgyzstan

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, and security organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, China by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Charter was signed in June 2002 and entered into force on 19 September 2003.

These countries, except for Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five group, founded on 26 April 1996 in Shanghai.

 India and Pakistan joined SCO as full members on 9 June 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.



Formation     15 June 2001
(superseded Shanghai Five group, founded on 26 April 1996)

Headquarters     Beijing, China
Membership   
8 member states

4 observer states

6 dialogue partners

4 guest attendances

Official language
    Chinese, Russian
Secretary General
    Rashid Alimov
Deputy Secretaries General
    Sabyr Imandosov
Wang Kaiwen
Aziz Nosirov
Vladimir Potapenko