Pakistan joins SCO as full member

June 25, 2016 15:12

Pakistan has become full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisatio after signing Memorandum of Obligations in SCO's Heads of State Summit at Tashkent.

The memorandum was signed by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's advisor on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz, reports the Express Tribune.

The document was jointly signed by the Foreign Ministers of Six SCO member states, Secretary General SCO and the Adviser on Foreign Affairs.

Pakistan's Foreign Office in a statement said, "Pakistan has been an observer at SCO since 2005. It has been a regular participant in the meetings of SCO and was the first SCO observer to apply for full membership in 2010,"

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