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SCO Countries Plan to Approve Common Energy Strategy at Astana Summit in July

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) plan to approve a common energy strategy at a summit in Astana in July, the organization's Deputy Secretary General Sohail Khan said.
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The SCO summit will take place on July 3-4 in Astana.

“We have a strategy for economic cooperation until 2030, which we adopted last year in New Delhi. We are also now discussing an energy strategy, which we will be approving soon in Astana this year,” Khan said during a plenary meeting of the international economic forum of CIS member states.

The SCO was founded in 2001. India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan are its members. Afghanistan, Belarus, and Mongolia are observer states; Azerbaijan, Armenia, Egypt, Cambodia, Nepal, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, Bahrain, and Kuwait are dialogue partners. Belarus is expected to join the organization as a full-fledged member in 2024.
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