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India to be part of SCO along with Pakistan by 2016

India and Pakistan on 10 July 2015 were accepted as the full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a six-member regional grouping, including China and Russia. India that has had on the observer status of the group for past 10 years

will become a full member of SCO by 2016.

The membership will help India to have an access to the energy resources of Central Asia.

Now the full membership status of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will require approval by the six existing members (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) unanimously passing a resolution to the effect. Russia was the main backer of India’s full membership of the security grouping.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) or Shanghai Pact is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on 15 June 2001 by six countries, People’s Republic of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.