Iran denounces ‘unilateralism’ as it becomes full SCO member
Al Jazeera
President sends message of regional multilateralism as Iran fully joins influential Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Tehran, Iran – President Ebrahim Raisi has said Iran wants closer ties with its regional neighbours and rejected the United States’s “unilateralism”, as his country became a full member of the influential Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
Iran said on Friday it had been accepted as the eighth full member of the organisation during its annual conference in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe. Senior officials from other full member states – namely China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan – were in attendance.
Iran had held observer status for the past 15 years. It expects the full membership to help it boost its economy and regional standing.
