THE HISTORICAL CONDITIONS OF CREATION OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION

The article analyzes the historical conditions of creation of the Shanghai
cooperation organization (SCO). The main defining event of the creation of the
organization was the decision of the forum Shanghai Five (the name comes from the
five mill forum members Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) in
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1996 in Shanghai. The basis for the opening of the forum was two papers: "Russian-
Chinese agreement on confidence-building measures in the border area" and
multilateral "agreement on mutual reduction of armed forces in the border area". The
focus of the organization are the issues of foreign policy, Economics, environmental
protection, including the use of water resources, culture, etc.