# Putin hails SCO as having become a truly international organization

https://mins.news/en/item/38783

- TASS, 2026-08-31 13:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2179913

> Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has evolved into a truly international organization. He recalled that Russia and China had initiated its establishment, saying the group was taking on an international dimension in the broadest sense.

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