On 4 July, a solemn ceremony of hoisting the state flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran was held in front of the SCO Secretariat in Beijing following a meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council. The ceremony was attended by the heads of diplomatic missions of the SCO member and observer states, SCO dialogue partners accredited in China, as well as Chinese Foreign Ministry representatives.
SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to China Mohsen Bakhtiyar addressed the ceremony.
