Pakistan had been an SCO Observer State since 2005 and formally applied for full membership in 2010. The SCO agreed in principle to Pakistan's membership in 2015, followed by the signing of a Memorandum of Obligations in 2016. On 9 June 2017, at the SCO Heads of State Council meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, the organization formally admitted Pakistan and India as full members. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes this as an important milestone in the country's foreign policy.
When Pakistan became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?
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