SCO bloc won't accept Iran as member - report

[Lankan Ranger]

SCO bloc won't accept Iran as member - report

A security bloc grouping Russia, China and Central Asia will not accept Iran as a member while there are U.N. sanctions against it, a Russian diplomatic source said on Saturday.

Iran applied in 2008 to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a security and defence bloc led by Beijing and Moscow and seen as a counterweight to NATO.

The SCO has not officially given a verdict on the Iranian application but Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency quoted the source, speaking during a meeting of SCO foreign ministers in Uzbekistan, as saying that sanctions were an obstacle.

"A country which wants to become a member of the SCO cannot be subject to U.N. Security Council sanctions," the Russian source said.

No SCO candidate member apart from Iran has U.N. sanctions applied against it.

The SCO secretary-general, Muratbek Imanaliyev, had said in February that the bloc was assessing Iran and Pakistan's applications for membership but did not express a view.

At present the SCO membership comprises China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The bloc's activities have focused on military cooperation, intelligence-sharing and the fight against terrorism and drugs.

Iran, Pakistan, Mongolia and India are observers, while Belarus and Sri Lanka have the lesser status of dialogue partners.

The organisation has no formal process for admitting new members and ITAR-TASS reported that the SCO foreign ministers had agreed rules on this to present for approval to the next SCO heads of government summit on June 10-11.

Moscow and Beijing have so far been reluctant to admit Tehran because of Western concerns about the country's nuclear programme, analysts say.

Moscow would like to see its close military and strategic ally India become a full member of the SCO but New Delhi has shown little interest so far.

Shanghai defence bloc won't accept Iran as member - report | World | Reuters

 

[Prometheus]

I got a question!!!!!

article says that they are accessing application of Pakistan......... does that mean Pakistan has applied for the membership???

 

[Hyde]

I got a question!!!!!

article says that they are accessing application of Pakistan......... does that mean Pakistan has applied for the membership???

yes Pakistan applied during Musharraf's era

India too applied but their case was rejected for some reasons (although they hold the right to appeal or apply once again)

 

[Prometheus]

yes Pakistan applied during Musharraf's era

India too applied but their case was rejected for some reasons (although they hold the right to appeal or apply once again)

and can you give the link that India was rejected.

according to the news article that Mr.Sri Lankan has posted.............Moscow wants India to be in SCO but India is not showing interest.

 

[Hyde]

India, Pak may be inducted into Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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PTI, May 23, 2010, 04.17pm IST
MOSCOW: India and Pakistan are likely to be inducted into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) while Iran may miss the bus as the country is already under UN sanctions for its nuclear programmes.

"The country aspiring to join SCO should not be under the UN Security Council sanctions," a Russian diplomatic source was quoted as saying by ITAR-TASS.

At their meeting in Tashkent the foreign ministers of the SCO, a regional security grouping, have approved draft procedures and criteria for the admission of new members to the regional grouping, which would be finalised at the SCO summit next month in Tashkent under the rotating presidency of Uzbekistan.

The Russia-China led SCO has closed its doors for Iran as it is under UN sanctions, ahead of its expansion to include India and Pakistan in the regional grouping.

"The document sets out the start of the process of forming a legal base for the expansion of the organisation," Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov announced in Tashkent.

Iran has been pushing hard to seek full membership of the organisation and in spite of a wave of opposition protests in Tehran over presidential poll outcome, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had flown to Yekaterinburg to attend the SCO summit, also attended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.

Iran is facing fresh bout of UN sanctions for its nuclear programme. Despite an initiative by Turkey and Brazil under which Iran has agreed to ship much of its low enriched uranium abroad in a nuclear fuel swap deal but the US said moves for toughened sanctions would still go ahead.

Currently India, Iran, Pakistan and Mongolia have an observer status in the SCO. Earlier at several occasions India and Pakistan have also voiced their willingness to join SCO, when it would adopt criteria and procedures for admission of new members of the grouping, which has began to play a significant role in combating terrorism, drug trafficking and cross-border organised crime.

"The procedure of admitting new members is of great importance for the SCO future. The adoption of this document at the Tashkent summit on June 10-11 will give an impulse to the formation of a mechanism of the organisation's expansion," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko underscored.

He said it is a unique floor for dialogue between the great Chinese, Indian, Russian and Central Asian civilisations and cultures which meet in the vast region.

 

[T-Faz]

No India was hoping to join NATO and snubbed this, but now they realized that USA was just using them.

Also it was USA that got rejected.

 

[Prometheus]

India, Pak may be inducted into Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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PTI, May 23, 2010, 04.17pm IST
MOSCOW: India and Pakistan are likely to be inducted into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) while Iran may miss the bus as the country is already under UN sanctions for its nuclear programmes.

"The country aspiring to join SCO should not be under the UN Security Council sanctions," a Russian diplomatic source was quoted as saying by ITAR-TASS.

At their meeting in Tashkent the foreign ministers of the SCO, a regional security grouping, have approved draft procedures and criteria for the admission of new members to the regional grouping, which would be finalised at the SCO summit next month in Tashkent under the rotating presidency of Uzbekistan.

The Russia-China led SCO has closed its doors for Iran as it is under UN sanctions, ahead of its expansion to include India and Pakistan in the regional grouping.

"The document sets out the start of the process of forming a legal base for the expansion of the organisation," Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov announced in Tashkent.

Iran has been pushing hard to seek full membership of the organisation and in spite of a wave of opposition protests in Tehran over presidential poll outcome, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had flown to Yekaterinburg to attend the SCO summit, also attended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.

Iran is facing fresh bout of UN sanctions for its nuclear programme. Despite an initiative by Turkey and Brazil under which Iran has agreed to ship much of its low enriched uranium abroad in a nuclear fuel swap deal but the US said moves for toughened sanctions would still go ahead.

Currently India, Iran, Pakistan and Mongolia have an observer status in the SCO. Earlier at several occasions India and Pakistan have also voiced their willingness to join SCO, when it would adopt criteria and procedures for admission of new members of the grouping, which has began to play a significant role in combating terrorism, drug trafficking and cross-border organised crime.

"The procedure of admitting new members is of great importance for the SCO future. The adoption of this document at the Tashkent summit on June 10-11 will give an impulse to the formation of a mechanism of the organisation's expansion," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko underscored.

He said it is a unique floor for dialogue between the great Chinese, Indian, Russian and Central Asian civilisations and cultures which meet in the vast region.

but this doesn't say that India was rejected

 

[Hyde]

but this doesn't say that India was rejected

no i just shared a news - look at its date its published today

and regarding your question i read it somewhere couple of years ago - i will try to google if i can find i will share

 

[Prometheus]

no i just shared a news - look at its date its published today

and regarding your question i read it somewhere couple of years ago - i will try to google if i can find i will share

plz dont share link from a blog or self styled analyst

 

[SpArK]

SCO's norms for new admissions


In a historic decision, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has approved draft rules for admitting new members into the six-member regional security grouping.

The new rules were endorsed by the SCO Foreign Ministers at their meeting in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, on Saturday. The rules are expected to be finally approved by the Heads of State of the SCO at a summit meeting next month in Tashkent.

Saturday's decision signals the lifting of a moratorium on the admission of new members the SCO introduced shortly after its establishment in 2001. The SCO comprises Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

However, it will take time before the expansion process begins. The adoption of the admission rules “will launch the process of forming a mechanism for the expansion of the organisation,” said the SCO Foreign Ministers.

The nations which have observer status — India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan — would be prime candidates for full membership. Iran will not immediately be able to enrol as the rules lock out nations that are under U.N. Security Council sanctions, a Russian diplomat said.

The Hindu : News / International : SCO's norms for new admissions

Guess what games US gonna play now????

 

[SpArK]

India+Pakistan joining Russia +China in an organisation meant to counter NATO = Pain in *** for US.

 

[SpArK]

India, Pak set for full SCO membership, Iran to lose out news
24 May 2010


Moscow: India and Pakistan are likely to be inducted as full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional security grouping once the organisation ratifies draft procedures and criteria for admission of new members. Under new rules Iran is likely to be left out as it is already under UN sanctions for its nuclear programmes.

"The country aspiring to join SCO should not be under the UN Security Council sanctions," a Russian diplomatic source was quoted as saying by ITAR-TASS.

Draft procedures and criteria for admission of new members to the regional grouping have been approved at a meeting in Tashkent of the foreign ministers of the SCO, and are likely to be finalised at the SCO summit next month in this Uzbek capital.

"The document sets out the start of the process of forming a legal base for the expansion of the organisation," Uzbek foreign minister Vladimir Norov announced in Tashkent.

India, along with Iran, Pakistan and Mongolia, currently enjoys an observer status in the SCO.

Ostensibly the grouping is intended to play a significant role in combating terrorism, drug trafficking and cross-border organised crime in the central Asian region, but in reality will serve as a counter-pressure group to pervasive Western influence in the region.

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