CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -SCO or the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has a total of eight members. China, India, Tajikistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan are all members of the SCO.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of the 21st Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), held in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, the leaders of the eight main members of the organisation agreed to change the membership of the Islamic Republic of Iran from an observer member to a full member and signed the relevant documents.

Detailed explanation-3: -The SCO, a Eurasian political, economic and security forum founded in 2001, is comprised of eight member states: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan (with Iran soon to join).

Detailed explanation-4: -Iran is the new member of the SCO, which was recently added to the permanent member countries in the 2022 Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, held in Uzbekistan. The eight SCO member states gave their consent for upgrading Iran’s status from an observer to a full member.