Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Iran will be accepted as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) after the country implements its obligations, National Coordinator of the SCO of Uzbekistan Rakhmatulla Nurimbetov said.

“In 2005, Iran became an observer state in the SCO. The process of the country's accession to the Organization as a full member began in 2021.

At the Samarkand summit of the SCO, a Memorandum of Obligations of the Islamic Republic of Iran on obtaining the status of a member state of the Organization was signed.

This does not mean that Iran has become a full member of the Organization. The fact is that according to the memorandum signed today, official Tehran will have to fulfill the relevant obligations and ratify a number of documents in accordance with the SCO Charter. Iran will be accepted as a full member after these tasks are fully completed,” the National Coordinator noted.