Where was 2nd edition of SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group Meeting held?

Where was 2nd edition of SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group Meeting  held?

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1)  China,

2) Russia,

3)Kazakhstan,

4)Uzbekistan


answer

1)  China,


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The 2nd meeting of SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group Meeting was held in Beijing on may 28 2018

This was the second meeting of the Contact Group following the expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in June 2017 with India becoming its full member.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, and security organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, China by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Charter was signed in June 2002 and entered into force on 19 September 2003

These countries, except for Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five group, founded on 26 April 1996 in Shanghai.

 India and Pakistan joined SCO as full members on 9 June 2017 at a summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.


Headquarters: Beijing, China
Deputy Secretaries General: Sabyr Imandosov; Wang Kaiwen; Aziz Nosirov; Vladimir Potapenko
Secretary General: Rashid Alimov
Founded: 26 April 1996
Official language: Chinese and Russian
Founders: China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan


Membership
   
8 member states


     China
     India
     Kazakhstan
     Kyrgyzstan
     Pakistan
     Russia
     Tajikistan
     Uzbekistan

4 observer states


     Afghanistan
     Belarus
     Iran
     Mongolia

6 dialogue partners


     Armenia
     Azerbaijan
     Cambodia
       Nepal
     Sri Lanka
     Turkey

4 guest attendances

     ASEAN
     CIS
     Turkmenistan
     UN