OREANDA-NEWS. March 28, 2008. Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement on Long-Term Neighbourly Relations, Friendship and Cooperation between Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states.

The agreement was signed at the SCO summit in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) 16 August 2007.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a permanent intergovernmental, international organisation that was created in 2001. Its members are Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Iran, Pakistan, India and Mongolia have observer status in the SCO.