“There will be no reform to the SCO. However, there is an ongoing process of expansion. The prospect of the new members’ accession will require adjustment of cooperation mechanisms,” Khakimov told reporters on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council held in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.
According to the Russian envoy, the expansion of the SCO means that there will be “new nuances” in the framework of the SCO Secretariat and the National Coordinators Council meetings.
The SCO is a political, economic and military alliance comprising Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The decision to commence the process of inclusion of India and Pakistan as member states in the organization was made during the July SCO summit in the Russian city of Ufa last year.
