Iran’s entry amplifies SCO’s potential; favors multipolarity | Amb (r) Masood Khalid

During a roundtable discussion titled ‘Regional Cooperation in the Eurasian Region: Role of the SCO’ held at IPS on July 20, 2023, Masood Khalid, Pakistan’s former ambassador to China, said that the expansion of the SCO after inclusion of Iran along with the geographical spread of dialogue partners and observer states rooting for multipolarity instead of pledging to the US-led Western domination, has added a new dynamic to the evolving regional architecture of the SCO.