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Heads of 3 SCO observer states to attend Samarkand summit

Tashkent, July 29 (UNI) The heads of Belarus, Iran and Mongolia, observer states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), will take part in the upcoming SCO summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand in September, with Turkmenistan as a special guest, acting Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov said on Friday.
Uzbekistan, the current chair of the organization, will host the annual summit in the city of Samarkand on September 15-16. The meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the SCO member states is currently underway in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.
"The heads of the SCO observer states, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia, as well as the president of Turkmenistan, confirmed their participation in the meeting of the Council of Heads of State," Norov said.
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