| Shanghai Cooperation Organization 上海合作组织 Шанхайская Организация Сотрудничества | |
|---|---|
 Dark green: Full members Light green: Observers Yellow: Dialogue partners | |
| Official languages | Chinese Russian |
| Leaders | |
• Secretary-General | Zhang Ming |
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a political, economic, and security alliance created in June 2002 in Shanghai, China. At its first meeting, China identified three harmful forces: extremism, separatism, and terrorism.[1] The original member states were China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined SCO as full members on 9 June 2017.
References
- ↑ "Xinjiang: A Report and Resource Compilation" (2021-09-21). Qiao Collective. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-06-24.