17 June 2004 22:38 Putin calls for setting up SCO-Afghanistan contact group TASHKENT. June 17 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called for setting up a contact group between the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Afghanistan when speaking at the SCO summit in Tashkent on Thursday.
"All SCO member-states are interested in peace and stability and economic revival on Afghan soil," he said.
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