Shankar Das Bairagi, secretary
of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Dr. Rashid K. Alimov, secretary-general of
SCO signed the memorandum on granting Nepal
the status of Dialogue partner of the SCO in a ceremony at the organisation’s
secretariat in Beijing .
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affaris Kamal Thapa, Minister
for Commerce Dipak Bohara, Minister for Education Giriraj Mani Pokharel and
secretaries were present during the signing ceremony.
Nepal Had applied for the
dialogue partner of the SCO in 2007 and the 15th SCO Summit held in
July last year in Ufa , Russia decided to grant Nepal that status.
The SCO is a permanent
inter-governmental organization founded in June 2001 by the leaders of Kazakhastan , China ,
Kyrgyzstan , Russia , Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan .
Currently, Afghanistan , Belarus , Iran
and Mongolia have been
granted Observer status while Ufa Summit had decided to admit India and Pakistan as full members.
The Summit
decided to grant Armenia , Azerbaijan , Cambodia ,
Nepal , Sri Lanka and Turkey the Dialogue Partner of the
organisation.
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