The SCO summit, which is held in Astana, started with the signing of documents on the admission of Belarus to the organization. This was announced by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Now, he said, the decision on full membership of the Republic of Belarus in the SCO has been taken. Tokayev then congratulated his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
The head of Kazakhstan noted that the country had completed all the necessary procedures on the way to full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in a short period of time, RIA "Novosti.
The SCO summit takes place on July 3-4. The participants of the meeting plan to sign a package of 24 documents, as well as adopt a final declaration and a statement reaffirming the commitment to the principles of good-neighborliness and unity.
Recall that Putin said that the stabilizing factor of the partnership between Russia and China. The heads of the PRC and Kazakhstan Xi Jinping and Tokayev gave a start to the Trans-Caspian route.