At a press conference in Yerevan, Pashinyan said the government has submitted membership applications to Eurasia’s political, economic and security zone.
“It fits well with the agenda of balancing a balanced foreign policy, and we will continue to work on this,” he said, according to the Anadoru Agency.
Pashinyan emphasized that Armenia is already a partner in the SCO, describing the move as “intentional, not impulsive.”
Armenia aims to maintain a balanced foreign policy and establish partnerships across all directions: north, south, east and west.
Armenian’s Foreign Ministry officially declared on July 3 that Yerevan had expressed his intention to become a full-fledged SCO member.
Last summer, Mehdi Kiaei, Iranian national coordinator at the SCO Secretariat, along with Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka, reported that Almenia had submitted a request to obtain the status of the observer.
The SCO currently has 10 members: China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus.
MNA