Taghribnews (TNA) - Iran's FM, new secretary general of SCO confer on issues of mutual interests

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Yermikbayev, the new Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary-General in Beijing on Saturday.

During the meeting, Iran's foreign minister emphasized the development of cooperation with SCO member countries, Iran Press correspondent on the ground reported.

The new SCO Secretary-General acknowledged Iran's strong potential for enhancing relations.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a permanent intergovernmental international organization established on June 15, 2001, in Shanghai (PRC) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. Its predecessor was the mechanism of the Shanghai Five.

In 2002, the Charter of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was signed at the meeting of the Council of Heads of States in St. Petersburg, which entered into force on September 19, 2003. It is a statute that stipulates the goals, principles, structure, and major areas of activities of the organization.