KAZAKHSTAN: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit opens in Kazakh capital Astana

Record ID: 872906

  • Title: KAZAKHSTAN: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit opens in Kazakh capital Astana
  • Date: 16th June 2011
  • Summary: ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (JUNE 15, 2011) (REUTERS) SCO HEADS OF STATE AND LEADERS OF OBSERVER NATIONS POSE FOR WIDER FAMILY PHOTO NAZARBAYEV WAVES AS LEADERS LEAVE DAIS AFTER PHOTO
  • Embargoed: 1st July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
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  • Country: Kazakhstan
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  • Story Text: Iranian, Russian and Pakistani Presidents were among world leaders who gathered on Wednesday (June 15) in Astana for the 10th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) - a regional security group seen by some as a rival of NATO.
    The SCO heads of state - Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva - assembled before talks for a family photo.
    Joining the summit this year were the leaders of nations invited as observers to the SCO summit, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
    In addition to the plenary sessions, leaders were also expected to hold a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit.
    The 10th SCO summit also marks Beijing's assumption of the rotating chairmanship of the organization to China.
    The Shanghai group is named after the Chinese city where it was founded.
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