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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) established in which year
A
2010
B
2001
C
1999
D
2005
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on 15 June 2001.

Detailed explanation-2: -The SCO is the successor to the Shanghai Five, formed in 1996 between the People’s Republic of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -India invites Pakistan, China to 2023 SCO summit to be held in Goa.

Detailed explanation-4: -India takes over SCO rotating presidency, to host SCO summit next year. The rotational presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been handed over to India in Samarkand, Uzbekistan yesterday. Delhi will hold the presidency of the grouping for a year until September 2023.

Detailed explanation-5: -The SCO summit was held two years later in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 15 and 16 September. The next meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State will be held in 2023 in India.

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