MADRID, 27 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The Iranian Parliament has approved this Sunday by a majority a bill on the accession of Iran to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which until now had an observer role in the entity, of which Russia and China are also part .
With 205 votes in favor, three votes against, and four abstentions, the Iranian Parliament has approved the bill for Iran to form part of the organization, founded in 2001, which includes the most important oil-producing nations. of the world.
A spokesman for the National Security Commission of the Iranian Parliament has indicated, in the framework of the vote, that the SCO has "an important international message", since it is "one of the" most influential regional organizations "due to the volume of exchanges between countries", according to the IRNA news agency.
On September 15 and 16, the SCO summit was held in the Uzbek city of Samarkand - Uzbekistan currently holds the presidency of the organization - when Iran signed a memorandum of commitment to join the organization.
In September the process for the admission of Belarus as a full member of the body also began, which has Afghanistan and Mongolia as observer countries, while Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka have the status of partner countries.