SCO, BRICS countries invited to CIS Economic ForumFebruary 1, 2023 - 11:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The leaders of CIS have invited representatives of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS countries to take part in the Commonwealth Economic Forum to be held in Moscow in March, CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev told reporters on Tueaday, January 31. "The meeting of the Economic Council will be held in Moscow on March 17 simultaneously with the traditional economic forum of the CIS. We hope that there will be representatives of all Commonwealth countries, and we have also invited representatives of the SCO, BRICS countries and, of course, our partners from the EAEU [will also be there]," - Lebedev said. At present, the SCO includes Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Iran is in the process of joining the organization. Afghanistan and Mongolia have observer status. At the September 2022 SCO summit in Samarkand, a mechanism was launched for Belarus to join the organization, which currently has observer status. Dialogue partners are Azerbaijan, Armenia, Egypt, Cambodia, Qatar, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Sri Lanka. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |