Armenia wants to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Armenia has expressed desire to become a member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), foreign ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan has said, ARMENPRESS reports. 

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Sharing the founding principles of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, namely territorial integrity, non-use of force and inviolability of borders, the Republic of Armenia has expressed desire to become a member of the SCO, she said on Facebook, posting a photo of Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. 

Earlier it was reported that Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart received SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev.