KABUL (Pajhwok): Saudi Arabia has agreed to become part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a dialogue partner, says a media report.
In a sign of growing political relations with China, the Saudi cabinet gave the go-ahead to the decision at a meeting on Tuesday.
King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the meeting, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, saying the kingdom would get the status of a dialogue partner in the Chinese-led bloc.
A Eurasian political, economic, security and defence organisation, SCO includes India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
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