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Ahmadinejad to Attend SCO Summit in China

02 June 2012 21:52 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the 12th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, Press TV reported on Saturday, APA reports quoting RIA Novosti.

The 12th SCO summit will be held on June 6-7.

â€œApart from participating in the summit, the Iranian president will hold talks with presidents of certain member and observer countries,â€ said Mohammad Reza Forqani, head of the presidential officeâ€™s international relations division

Ahmadinejad will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Speaker of the National People’s Congress. Iran and China will sign a memorandum of understanding on the expansion of bilateral cooperation.

The SCO is an intergovernmental international organization established on in June 2001 by Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Observer states include India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan, while its dialogue partners include Belarus and Sri Lanka.