INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
"maximum interaction and unity" with the countries of the region, including the SCO members, and effective involvement in regional and
international arrangements, are at the focus of foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran."Iran's attention to important arrangements
such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS shows our interest in participating in the efforts of aligned countries to establish
memorandum of commitments by Iran and its membership in the SCO as an important step in the field of regional and international politics by
the Islamic Republic."Certainly, with the active and effective presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the activities of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization, this membership will be recorded as one of the most important developments in the history of this
organization".Following is the full text of Raisi's speech at the SCO meeting:First of all, I would like to express my pleasure to be in the
beautiful and historical city of Samarkand.I would like to express my gratitude to Mr
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the honorable President of Uzbekistan, the government and the people of this country for their warm welcome and sincere
hospitality and for holding this meeting well.Samarkand, Bukhara and Khwarazm have been magnificent and culture-creating cities that always
this "great civilization family", now stands in a position that can build new horizons of regional integration and security-building
cooperation based on characteristics such as justice, spirituality and respect for human dignity."Maximum interaction and unity" with the
countries of the region, including the member countries of the Shanghai Organization, and effective presence in regional and international
security in the region, especially in dealing with takfiri terrorism and extremism, drug trafficking and other forms of international
organized crime, as well as hosting millions of refugees from neighboring countries, the Islamic Republic of Iran's strategy has "deepening
economic multilateralism" on its agenda.The attention of the Islamic Republic of Iran to important arrangements such as the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization and BRICS shows our interest in participating in the efforts of aligned countries to establish a just, transcendent
and facilitate the future movement of the Shanghai Organization.Mr
President;Respected Colleagues;In recent years, economic and political multilateralism has been seriously threatened, and the American
government is trying to impose its internal demands and laws on the international community and countries with sovereignty and independence
countries back from their independent development path.In dealing with unilateralism and oppressive sanctions, the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization, which itself requires the joint development of infrastructure in the field of financial exchanges, commodity exchanges and
data exchange between countries.Following international developments, member countries have turned to trade with each other more than in the
trade facilitation projects.In this regard, the mechanism of "Interbank Exchanges" and "Shanghai Cooperation Organization Financing" can
facilitating trade in the region.Along with financial-banking cooperation, I would like to highlight the important areas of transportation
gives special priority to the development of the North-South Corridor and has made huge investments.Iran's transit capacities serve to
strengthen transportation in SCOIn addition, the China-Central Asia-West Asia-Mediterranean Sea Corridor, which has high potential, is
the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, it is possible to provide the necessary grounds for the implementation of this
corridor and for the members to benefit from its advantages.Shaping "sustainable transit" requires multilateral cooperation of members in
China-West Asia-Mediterranean Sea Corridor and joint role in their implementation and management can be proposed as a solution in the form
of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.I would like to announce that the transport and transit network of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as
well as our port capacities in the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Oman Sea, and the Indian Ocean, serve to strengthen transportation in
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.Also, considering the importance of health in today's world and the place of health diplomacy in the
synergy of governments in serving the nations, the Islamic Republic announces its readiness to host the Shanghai Health Sector Cooperation
Secretariat and hereby it invites the ministers of the member countries to hold the first meeting of the Shanghai health sector in December
of this year.Iran ready to host SCO Health Sector Cooperation SecretariatThe owners of the world's largest energy reserves are present in
and their connection with other electricity networks of the electricity market region being established in the ECO Organization, as well as
cooperation in meeting the oil and gas needs of the member countries, are among the notable cases.Undoubtedly, convergence in the field of
energy in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will contribute significantly to further economic development and ultimately to the
capacities such as 1) proximity to the world's two largest oil and hydrocarbon fields, that is the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea, 2) the
oil and gas transportation network and a suitable transit location, and 3) expert manpower, is ready to play an effective role in this area
and in order to solve the concerns of the members in ensuring the security of energy supply.Mr
President;Dear Audience;During the past few decades, our region has tasted the bitter taste of foreign intervention and the result has been
only has America not learned from its failure in Afghanistan, but it continues to spread the policy of spreading insecurity and intervention
to other regions of Asia.The new security model in Asia should be formed on the basis of "joint development and deepening of multilateralism
without the interference of foreign powers" so that collective measures can be implemented to deal with the challenges facing peace and
development.The Islamic Republic, as a country that has rich ideological and cultural foundations against extremism and takfiri terrorism,
and has also successfully proven its capability and efficiency in this direction, believes that the production of international norms and
believes that the only solution for sustainable peace in Afghanistan is the formation of an inclusive government that is the result of
authentic intra-Afghan dialogues with the participation of all groups, ethnicities and religions.The establishment of peace, stability and
integrity, national sovereignty and rejecting any change in the recognized borders between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of
Iran protects its national interests and security and the region, it also declares its readiness to help resolve the disagreements between
these two neighboring countries.Dear colleagues;Signing the memorandum of commitments of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this meeting and
becoming a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an important step in the field of regional and international politics of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, this membership will be recorded as one of the most important developments in the history of this
Organization.I ask God for success for this important meeting and prosperity and well-being for the nations of the member countries of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization.At the end of my speech, I feel it necessary to once again express my and my nation's sympathy with the
people and government of Pakistan regarding the recent flood in this country.Also, I sincerely thank the efforts of the President and the
officials of Uzbekistan for the successful holding of this meeting.
