Agreement on long-term neighborliness, friendship and cooperation of state members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

of August 16, 2007

State members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (further SCO or Organization) - The Republic of Kazakhstan, People's Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan which further are referred to as with "Contracting parties"

being the connected historical bonds of neighborliness, friendship and cooperation,

being guided by the purposes and the principles of Articles of organization of the United Nations, the conventional principles and rules of international law, and also the Charter of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization of June 7, 2002,

being convinced that strengthening and deepening of the relations of neighborliness, friendship and cooperation between state members of the Organization is equitable to radical interests of their people and promotes cause of peace and developments on space of SCO and around the world,

recognizing that processes of globalization increase interdependence of the states therefore their safety and prosperity become inseparably linked,

believing that modern challenges and safety hazards have global character and effectively it is possible to resist to them, only combining efforts and adhering to the agreed principles and mechanisms of interaction,

realizing need of respect of cultural and civilization variety of the modern world,

confirming readiness to expand mutually beneficial cooperation as among themselves, and with all interested states and the international organizations for the purpose of assistance to creation of fair and rational world order for creating favorable conditions of sustainable development of state members of the Organization,

confirming further that this Agreement is not directed against any states and the organizations, and Contracting Parties adhere to the principle of openness to the outside world,

aiming to turn space of SCO into the region of the world, cooperation, prosperity and harmony,

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