Editing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (section)

=== Observer states ===
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! Country !! Status granted
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| {{flag|Mongolia}}
| 2004<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Zhao |first=Suisheng |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1332788951 |title=The dragon roars back : transformational leaders and dynamics of Chinese foreign policy |date=2023 |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |isbn=978-1-5036-3415-2 |location=Stanford, California |pages=70 |oclc=1332788951}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|name=Afghanistan}}{{efn|Since the overthrow of the [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]] and the reinstatement of the [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]] on 15 August 2021, [[Taliban]] representatives have not been participating in SCO meetings.<ref name="Taliban">{{cite web |first=Eva |last=Seiwert |title=The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Will Not Fill Any Vacuum in Afghanistan |url=https://www.fpri.org/article/2021/09/the-shanghai-cooperation-organization-will-not-fill-any-vacuum-in-afghanistan/ |website=[[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] |access-date=24 July 2022 |date=30 September 2021 |quote=So far, the SCO has not officially recognized the Taliban regime and did not invite its representatives to the summit in Dushanbe in mid-September.}}</ref>}} || 7 June 2012<ref name="AFGTUR" /> (Inactive since September 2021)
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| colspan="2" | <br />'''Former observers'''
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| {{flag|India}} || rowspan=3 | 5 July 2005<ref name=":0" />
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| {{flag|Pakistan}}
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| {{flag|Iran}}
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| {{flag|Belarus}} || 2015<ref name=":0" />
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