Turkey will chair the Energy Club of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2017.
With it, the nation becomes the first non-full member country to be chairman of the club in the SCO.
Ankara’s proposal for non SCO member countries to host the term presidency of the Energy Club was accepted on 22nd Nov 2016.
The nomination came after President Erdogan pointed to the SCO as Turkey’s alternative to the EU.
SCO Energy Club’s launch was explored on
30th Nov 2006.
The need for the club was restated by Moscow in Nov 2007 SCO Summit.
About SCO- Also known as Shanghai Pact.
- Founded in 2001 in Shanghai, it is a Eurasian political, economic and military organization.
- Founding members of China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
- India, Pakistan, Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan are observers of SCO.
- Belarus and Turkey are dialogue partners.
