SCO at 25: How the organisation became a global player

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  A big family of 27 nations.

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  Cooperation Organization, or SCO, marks its 25th anniversary leaders are gathering in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan,

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  for this year's summit from the 31st of August until the 1st of September.

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  From its beginnings with six founding members in 2001, the organization has grown to include 10 member states

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  and 17 SCO partners, including observer states and dialogue partners.

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  Security grouping has evolved into a broader platform for corporations spanning trade energy technology culture

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  and much more how has the seo evolved over the past 25 years what does it hope to achieve

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  at this year's summit and what could its growing role mean for the region

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  and beyond welcome to this edition of the point with me lu shin an opinion show coming to you from beijing

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  i'm pleased to be joined from bishkek kyrgyz by Jomad Ordoyev, former Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic.

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  From Moscow, Russia by Anastasia Pyotrchkova, Deputy Head of the Asia-Pacific sector.

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  At the center for comprehensive european and international studies

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  and associate professor of international relations at etsy university in russia

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  and from shanghai china by huang jing distinguished university professor at shanghai international international studies

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  university a warm welcome to all of you First of all, let's refresh our understanding of this organization.

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  As I said, it has now 10 members,

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  but in the beginning it had only six, including China and five Central Asian countries.

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  And then two more countries were added to the founding members, Pakistan and India simultaneously.

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