Go to the media bankPresident of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. File photoMINSK, Sep 16 Minsk and Tehran need to stick together to not only survive, but take their place in the sun, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday at a meeting with Iranian leader Ibrahim Raisi in Uzbekistan's Samarkand .Lukashenko is making a working visit to Uzbekistan on September 15-16 to participate in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. On the sidelines of the summit, the Belarusian leader held a series of bilateral meetings. in order not only to survive, but to take their place under the sun,» Belta quoted Lukashenko as saying. At the same time, the Belarusian president outlined two vectors for the foreign ministries of the two countries: to intensify relations and to revise them. This year, Belarus officially applied for accession to the SCO as a full member. The SCO is an international organization founded in 2001. India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan participate in it. Observer countries — Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia, partner countries — Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka. At the SCO summit in Dushanbe in September 2021, the procedure for granting the status of a dialogue partner to Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia was also launched. member of the «Shanghai family», Lukashenko said
