The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established on June 15, 2001, by a declaration adopted by six states: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The SCO evolved from mechanisms of confidence building and conventional force reduction, as well as agreements on trade and border demarcation. According to its Founding Declaration, the SCO aims “to strengthen mutual trust and good neighborly friendship” among member states in a variety of fields and devote itself “to safeguarding regional peace, security, and stability; and establishing a democratic, fair and rational new international political and economic order.” The founding states also placed a special emphasis on fighting against the so-called “three evils” of terrorism, separatism, and extremism. […]
Memo #:
15
Series:
2
PDF:
PDF URL:
http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/pepm_015.pdf
Author [Non-member]:
Alexander Pikayev
