Kiren Rijiju to attend 8th meeting of Ministers of Justice of SCO

Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju is going to attend the eighth meeting of Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on 6th of August.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation. It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region.

It was created in 2001. The SCO Charter was signed in 2002, and entered into force in 2003. The SCO’s official languages are Russian and Chinese.

Prior to the creation of SCO in 2001, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan were members of the Shanghai Five.

Shanghai Five (1996) emerged from a series of border demarcation and demilitarization talks which the four former Soviet republics held with China to ensure stability along the borders.

Following the accession of Uzbekistan to the organisation in 2001, the Shanghai Five was renamed the SCO. India and Pakistan became members in 2017.