SCO or welcoming the wave of expansion: 10 in the queue of the country, the UAE requests "immediately accepts"

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization ushered in the "expansion boom", and 10 countries such as the UAE, Syria, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia requested to join the SCO. Russian Foreign Ministers confirmed that the countries they hoped to join have become teams. Analysts said that many countries believe that the West is already a "unreliable" partner, and Shanghe is becoming more and more attractive.

In the 21st years since the establishment of the SCO, there are currently 8 formal member states. Except for Russia, 7 member states such as China are Asian countries. After this wave of applications, Arabia's blood may also be integrated into the SCO.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Source: Reuters)

Russian Foreign Minister said that 10 countries are queuing, and the UAE is the most active

According to Russia's "News" reported on August 4, people familiar with the matter revealed that 10 countries including the UAE, Syria, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia hoped to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

It is reported that at the recent meeting of the State Council of the SCO member states, Russian Foreign Minister Raft Ravorov said: "I hope to join the countries that have joined the SCO."

According to reports, seniors who are informed that the SCO will have recently ushered in "a wave of Arab countries and Southeast Asian countries have joined the wave of expansion of the organization."

Sources said: "As many as 10 countries require the SCO to consider improving their applications in the organization. Among them, countries from the Arab world: Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, Myanmar and Cambodia from Southeast Asia, and also There are Nepal, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. We see that the interests of various countries have unprecedented interest in the SCO organizations. "

People familiar with the matter also said that the UAE requested a long process and immediately obtained the status of the SCO member states. Sources said the UAE's application was the most unusual. According to the provisions of the SCO accepted the new country, before the qualifications of the applicant members, the applicant must have an observer or dialogue partner. "This shows that the SCO is attracted to the attention and attractive."

Expert analysis: West is not a reliable partner

For these "applications" that joined the SCO organization, experts analyzed that Arab countries have long expressed their desire to join the SCO. For some Arab countries, the West has proved that it is not such a reliable partner, Russia, Russia, Russia Dorgov, an expert in the Institute of Oriental Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences, explained.

The 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Source: The official website of the SCO Organization)

Jenisov, an expert at the Chinese and Contemporary Asian Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said: "For the SCO, the new country's participation in cooperation mechanism means expanding the influence of the global trade and economic fields in the global trade and economic stage. "

In his opinion, the expansion process of the SCO is significantly accelerated, with two main factors. First, the SCO successfully accepted India and Pakistan; the second is that the attractiveness of SCO comes from the principles of organizational decision -making. There is no one or more leaders in the SCO, and there is no difference between the Lord. Compatibility and inclusiveness of SCO is increasingly attractive to some countries.

Mouzkov, a member of the Azerbaijan parliament, believes that some countries' interest in the SCO is because it is "more like a platform for discussion and dialogue."

The current member country has a population of nearly half the world

The SCO was established in Shanghai on June 15, 2001. The founding member states are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In 2017, the SCO organized Astana Summit decided to give India and Pakistan a member state, and the increase of member states to 8.

In June 2018, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Qingdao Summit (Source: CCTV Network)

On September 17, 2021, the 21st meeting of the heads of state of the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization launched a procedure to receive Iran as members, absorbing Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Qatar as a new dialogue partner.

The total territorial area of ​​the 8 member states of the SCO exceeds three -fifths of Eurasia, the population accounts for nearly half of the world, and the total domestic product accounts for more than 20%of the world. Essence The SCO is the only regional international organization established in China, named after China, named after China, and headquartered in China.

In addition, the SCO has 4 observer states in Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, and Mongolia, and 6 dialogue partners in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka.

It is reported that the chairman of the Russian Duma CIS Council Leonid Karashnikov confirmed that the SCO "may be expanded." He also pointed out that Armenia and Azerbaijan may get the status of the SCO member states in the near future.

The application for the UAE will be studied at the summit held in Samalham in September.

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