The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an intergovernmental organization
founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001, by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its member states cover an area of over 30 million
square kilometers, or about three fifths of Eurasia, with a population of 1.455
billion, about a quarter of the world's total. Its working languages are Chinese
and Russian. |
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