TEHRAN, Jul 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, said yesterday that, his country’s full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), will bring historical benefits.
Iran’s full membership was approved at the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO, held via video conference yesterday, according to a statement published by the Iranian presidential office on its official website.
In his address to the summit, made from Tehran, Raisi said, the SCO is “a growing organisation with significant indicators and capacities and an excellent position” in expanding political, security and economic cooperation.
He expressed hope that Iran’s membership in the organisation would prepare the ground for ensuring collective security, promoting sustainable development, developing connectivity, strengthening unity, ensuring further respect for countries’ sovereignty, and enhancing synergy, when dealing with environmental threats.
Raisi stressed that the SCO is currently in a position that can open up new horizons, in terms of regional convergence and security-ensuring cooperation.
In a Twitter post, also yesterday, Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said, Iran’s full SCO membership is an “important” step in pursuing an all-inclusive foreign policy, expanding relations with neighbours and pursuing a “look to Asia” approach.
He stressed that, as the ninth SCO member, his country will make efforts to improve cooperation within the group, help achieve its objectives and make full use of the membership’s advantages.– NNN-IRNA
