DUSAHNBE, April 24, Asia-Plus - A Tajik military delegation led by Defense Minister Sherali Khairulloyev today left for China to attend a session of the council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) defense ministers that will be held in Beijing on April 26.   

According to information from the Tajik Ministry of Defense (MoD), the SCO defense ministers’ meeting in Beijing is aiming to focus on issues related to providing security in the region and crisis connected with Iranian nuclear program.  

The session is also discussing issues of addressing new challenges – terrorism and extremism, according to the MoD source.   

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization groups Chine , Russia , and four Central Asia ’s states – Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan .  Mongolia , Pakistan , India and Iran have status of observers at the Organization. 

But at meeting in Beijing , only member nations of the SCO will take part.