SCO defense ministers to meet in Astana on Thursday

ASTANA. March 17. KAZINFORM Defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will meet on Thursday in the Kazakh capital of Astana, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

"During the upcoming meeting, it is planned to discuss issues of international and regional security, the further widening of cooperation between defense ministries of the SCO member states," Askar Abdrakhmanov told journalists in Astana.

The SCO, created mainly to address its member nations' regional security-related concerns, comprises China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Kazakhstan currently holds the rotating chair of the SCO; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.

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