On 2 November 2022, SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the People’s Republic of China Mohammad Hassanein Khaddam.
The Secretary-General informed the Ambassador about the expansion of the organisation and the main results of the SCO Heads of State Council meeting in Samarkand.
The Ambassador confirmed his country’s intention to join the SCO as a dialogue partner.
The meeting participants agreed to maintain regular contacts between the SCO Secretariat and the Embassy of Syria in China.