Being in such organizations, while balancing foreign policy and multilateralism requirements, provides the opportunity for countries to introduce their potentials.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization initially sought to provide security, later economic issues were also raised and they found that if security is strengthened, the economy will also be strengthened.
Currently, China is at the head of this pact, which claims to be the biggest power in the world by 2030, but even today China is considered a power.
Iran's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in July of last year, as a full member, will bring new practical content and open wide perspectives. Iran's full membership will help Shanghai Organization cooperation in various fields by providing new practical content and opening wide perspectives.
The Islamic Republic of Iran was an observer member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization since 2005, and our country's request for official and full membership in this organization also after 16 years, in the first appearance of a president as the president of our country at the 21st Shanghai Summit in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. In August 2021, it was approved by eight other members of the organization and Iran became the ninth member of this important regional organization.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization operates in many fields, such as the economic field, and the Islamic Republic of Iran can pursue and secure its regional interests more effectively in these fields. Also, our country can play an appropriate role economically in this organization due to having suitable infrastructure and rail and road transport networks, airports and ports, especially Chabahar port at the mouth of the Indian Ocean.