BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Nepal has officially become a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) dialogue partner after a memorandum was signed Tuesday.
The memorandum was signed by SCO secretary-general Rashid Olimov and Nepalese Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi. Nepalese Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli attended the signing ceremony.
The SCO was established in 2001 to promote cooperation on security-related issues and strengthen mutual trust, friendliness and neighborliness among the member states, Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa said at the ceremony.
He said that Nepal would "adhere to the principles, values and objectives" of the vibrant regional organization, and participate actively in its future activities and progress.
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