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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The headquarter of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is located in which city?
A
Shanghai
B
Beijing
C
Hong kong
D
Paris
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The organization has two permanent bodies-First is the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) based in Tashkent and the second is the SCO Secretariat based in Beijing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Secretariat of the SCO, headquartered in Beijing, China, is the primary executive body of the organisation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shanghai Cooperation Organisationor SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and security organisation. SCO grew out of Shanghai Five founded in 1996 with China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as its original members.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the 22nd Head of State summit meeting 2022 of the SCO at Samarkand, Uzbekistan in September, India formally received the SCO rotating presidency. India will hold the presidency of the grouping for a year until September 2023.

Detailed explanation-5: -India has taken over as Chairperson of the SCO for 2023, and will host leaders of all SCO countries at a summit in Delhi expected in mid-2023. Earlier, the SCO summit 2022 was held recently in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

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