Special Representative of the Russian President spoke about the possibility of Afghanistan joining the SCO

“Those applications that we have: for example, Afghanistan's application for membership in the SCO.

For objective reasons, there is no talk of a practical consideration of this application today.

I think it is not even necessary to explain what reasons are hindering, ”TASS quotes him.

Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, speaking via videoconference at the SCO summit, spoke about the possibility of resuming the activities of the SCO-Afghanistan contact group.

On September 16, it was reported that representatives of Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran held a four-way meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on the sidelines of the SCO and CSTO summits in Dushanbe.