BISHKEK, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Official and experts from Kyrgyzstan have spoken highly of the achievements made by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), saying the organization is very "promising" and has great potential.
In a recent interview with Xinhua, Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Economy Arzybek Kozhoshev said the SCO has proved to be one of the strongest and most promising organizations in the world.
Kozhoshev said the accession of Pakistan and India to the organization will be among the key issues to be discussed at the upcoming SCO Summit, which is slated to be held on June 23-24 in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent.
The total population of SCO members will soon be more than half of the global population, he said.
The minister said that he hopes to see the economic component of the SCO prevail and that the economic integration of the SCO countries will be deepened.
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