Sputnik Africa is live as Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
During the first session, Belarus was officially accepted as a member of the organization. Belarus has completed all the procedures for full participation in the SCO in a short period of time, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted.
In addition, the idea of creating a new Eurasian security system was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with top diplomats.