DUSHANBE , May 10, Asia-Plus - Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov will leave for China on May 12 to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign minister’s that will open in Shanghai on May 15.   

According to information from Tajik MFA, the SCO foreign ministers’ meeting in China is aiming to consider issues related to the SCO summit set for June this year. 

Foreign ministers from the Organization’s member nations are also supposed to exchange views on prospects of further expansion of cooperation between the SCO member countries and discuss international and regional issues being of mutual interest.  

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization groups Russia , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan .  Mongolia , India , Iran and Pakistan have status of observers at the Organization.