UAE officially becomes SCO dialogue partner

united arab emirates is Formal grant of dialogue partner status During the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Goa, Republic of India, May 4-5, 2023.

Dr. Abdulnasser Alshaali, UAE Ambassador to India, and Zhang Ming, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on their entry into the SCO as a dialogue partner (photo).

The award of dialogue partner status reflects the UAE’s unremitting efforts to develop and maintain balanced and diverse partnerships with countries and multilateral organizations around the world.

His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, reviewed the UAE’s partnership with the SCO, highlighting the organization’s role in supporting the entire Eurasian key role in the political stability and economic prosperity of the mainland and beyond.

Commenting on the occasion, His Highness said: “As an active member of the international community, with its unwavering commitment to multilateralism, the UAE recognizes the vital importance of organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in building bridges of cooperation among member states to achieve common goals. importance. In the period to come, the UAE will seek to make significant progress in its engagement with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and its member states. As a people and nation, we are delighted to be welcomed as a Conversational partner for growing organizations.”

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established in June 2001. The main goal of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is to strengthen relations among member states; to promote cooperation in the fields of politics, economy and trade, science and technology, culture, education, energy, transportation, tourism, and environmental protection; to maintain regional peace, security and stability; to establish a fair and just international politics economic order.

The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The SCO observer states include the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of Belarus and Mongolia.

UAE, State of Kuwait, Kingdom of Bahrain, Republic of Maldives, and Myanmar join existing SCO dialogue partners, which include the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, the Republic of Turkey, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State of Qatar, and Saudi Arabia Kingdom and Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

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