Speaking at the meeting with of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states, President Vladimir Putin noted that the total population of the organisation’s members and the countries with observer status comes to more than three billion people.
The leaders of these countries make decisions that have an impact on the social and economic wellbeing of the majority of the planet’s inhabitants and this is in itself a significant factor in world politics, Mr Putin said.
The President stressed that through the process of developing cooperation mechanisms and resolving practical tasks, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has taken cooperation to a new level.