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  • Shanghai Six Emerges as Bloc - Shanghai Cooperation Organization acquires military character

    04/27/2006 11:52:55 AM PDT · by Tailgunner Joe · 4 replies · 432+ views
    Kommersant ^ | Apr. 27, 2006 | Konstantin Lantratov, Beijing; Bek Orozaliev, Dushanbe; Mikhail Zygar, Ivan Safronov
    Iran is eager to join SCO... ...To fight against 3 evilsDefense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states and representatives of the SCO observer states met in regular session in Beijing yesterday. The SCO tends to become a military bloc, judging by the resolutions it adopted. The participants scheduled joint military exercises on Russian territory for summer 2007. Iran too intends to take part in the exercises, according to Kommersant’s information. This observer state counts on becoming a rightful SCO member state soon. The 3 evils Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov took the limelight...