Analysts predict a great future for the SCO
Recall the expansion of the SCO was commented by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who represented Russia at the summit. He believes that the organization will become even more influential, and not only on the scale of Eurasia. There is evidence of the growth of the authority of the SCO - the UN Secretary General for the first time participated in the summit.
“The expansion of the SCO will undoubtedly contribute to the fact that it will become more powerful and influential in the political, economic and humanitarian spheres,” President Putin is quoted as saying. "Vesti".
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has expanded geographically and strengthened its international reputation. After the Astana summit, the SCO entered a new stage of development. Secretary of the organization R. Alimov congratulated the representatives of India and Pakistan, who became full members of the structure, reports 24.kz. He also stressed the timeliness of the antiterrorist statement of the heads of the SCO member states, given the geopolitical situation in the countries adjacent to the organization’s borders.
Of course, the new members of the “Shanghai family” are interested primarily in trade and economic cooperation. In addition, the SCO members intend to strengthen cultural and humanitarian ties.
“Just think,” writes in your blog analyst M. Averyanov - if in 2015, it was believed that half of the population of our Earth lives in the SCO countries, then with the added billion and a half billion the organization became the union of the greater part of humanity! This colossus, which possesses practically unlimited military and political opportunities in the future, is the largest market on the planet and controls most of the natural resources, including minerals and fresh water. ”
Averyanov also notes that, on the whole, the SCO is not an anti-terrorist coalition, but the declared goal of combating terrorism clearly becomes a priority: it is no coincidence that V. V. Putin devoted his speech primarily to the anti-terrorism topic. In addition, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the summit’s guest UN Secretary-General António Guterres spoke of the need to unite efforts in the fight against terrorism. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani also spoke on this topic.
Thus, given the fact that countering terrorism implies close military cooperation and cooperation in the economic sphere, we can predict a tendency to strengthen ties between the SCO states.
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