Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The seventh summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a not-so-widely-known international organization, began today in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The presidents of all six Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member countries are represented at the meeting, which includes...

• China
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Russia
• Tajikistan
• Uzbekistan

The SCO focuses on security issues of common interest among the member states. Russian and Chinese are the languages of the organization. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has four observer states - India, Iran, Mongolia, and Pakistan. It was founded in 2001.