.... It may also increase the potential of these markets from the point of view of the Russian economy, with which they are best connected logistically.
International organisations... ... closest analogue can only be the cooperation of the Southeast Asian countries within ASEAN. A distinctive feature of the European institutions for security and cooperation... ... major powers, first as of 1975 and then after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. The SCO, in turn, was created without taking into account the balance of forces among the...
.... The ASEAN has accumulated a large amount of experience in security and preventive diplomacy that could be borrowed for resolving issues in Afghanistan. Moreover, the ASEAN uses very appealing formats, for example, the ASEAN+1, ASEAN+3 and ASEAN+6. Russia, China and India also cooperate with ASEAN, drawing parallels for cooperation that is also part of the SCO agenda. And we do plan to work hard in this area.
In September 2014, Russia will take over the SCO presidency. China already presides over the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building in Asia. Could these moves open opportunities for cooperation ...