At the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of Shanhay Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Ufa, the Russian President said that a number of countries are interested in joining this organization. "Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, and Nepal would like to join the family of the SCO as dialogue partners," he said, opening a meeting of the Council of Heads of the SCO. According to Putin, there are other countries that wish to participate in the SCO. "Yet a number of countries have expressed interest in joining our organization in one form or another. We will carefully consider their applications taking into account relevant requirements," he said.
* The SCO includes six states - Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The origins lie in the SCO military cooperation, but later the Organization has emphasized economic ties. The SCO was established in 2001. -02D-
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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