{"id":27616,"date":"2017-06-28T08:31:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T08:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=27616"},"modified":"2017-06-28T08:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T08:31:07","slug":"17th-summit-sanghai-cooperation-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/17th-summit-sanghai-cooperation-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"17th Summit of Sanghai Cooperation Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question- The 17th SCO summit recently concluded in \u2026<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Tashkent, Uzbekistan<br \/>\n(b) Beijing, China<br \/>\n(c) Ufa, Russia<br \/>\n(d) Astana, Kazakhstan<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (d)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Related facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The 17th Summit of the Heads of the Member States of the Sanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan on 8-9 June, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>This annual summit was hosted and chaired by President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.<\/li>\n<li>This is the third occasion when Kazakhstan presided over the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit.<\/li>\n<li>Prior to this Kazakhstan had presided over the SCO Summit in 2005 and 2011.<\/li>\n<li>President of China, Xi Jinping, Russia&#8217;s President Vladimir Putin, and representatives of other member countries participated in the summit.<\/li>\n<li>India and Pakistan were granted the status of the member countries of the organization under a critical phase of expansion of SCO.<\/li>\n<li>In the 16th Summit held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2016, the two countries had signed a memorandum of obligation to join the organization.<\/li>\n<li>After India and Pakistan becoming a member, the number of SCO members increased to 8.<\/li>\n<li>Other members of the organization include China, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.<\/li>\n<li>Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia are presently observer countries.<br \/>\nSCO was formed on June 15, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>It is mainly related to military cooperation between member countries.<br \/>\nIt includes sharing the intelligence information and undertaking anti-terrorism operations in Central Asia.<\/li>\n<li>It has its headquarters in Beijing, China.<\/li>\n<li>At present, Rashid Alimov is the Secretary-General of the SCO.<\/li>\n<li>The 18th Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization is proposed in China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Related Links:-<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eng.sectsco.org\/news\/20170609\/289274.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/eng.sectsco.org\/news\/20170609\/289274.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eng.sectsco.org\/news\/20170609\/290188.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/eng.sectsco.org\/news\/20170609\/290188.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eng.sectsco.org\/news\/20170609\/290249.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/eng.sectsco.org\/news\/20170609\/290249.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question- The 17th SCO summit recently concluded in \u2026 (a) Tashkent, Uzbekistan (b) Beijing, China (c) Ufa, Russia (d) Astana, Kazakhstan Ans: (d) Related facts:- The 17th Summit of the Heads of the Member States of the Sanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan on 8-9 June, 2017. 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