Source: Ukraine withdrew the request for partner status in the SCO
A source in the Shanghai cooperation organization said that the SCO did not change the decision on the preliminary agreement on granting Ukraine the status of the partner and Kiev, for its part, the request was withdrawn.

A source in the Shanghai cooperation organization said that the SCO did not change the decision on the preliminary agreement on granting Ukraine the status of the partner and Kiev, for its part, the request was withdrawn.
"Application is confirmed orally in 2014 and is not revoked by the Ukrainian side," confirmed the Source.
He also recalled that the request was sent to Ukraine in the SCO in 2013, reports RIA " Novosti "." no change ", - concluded the Source in the Shanghai cooperation organization. The Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that representatives of Ukraine did not attend the SCO summit in Ufa, As their participation is not provided format organization. In addition, He explained, Ukraine is discussing with Russia its possible participation in the Shanghai cooperation organization the status of the partner. According to Ushakov, the meeting on the Ukrainian application for this Status are not conducted with the Russian side, and at the level of the SCO Secretariat. Remember, Yuri Ushakov also said that in the final Declaration of the Ufa summit of the SCO, the last day of which √ Friday, reflected " the Ukrainian issue ". The leaders of the organization will encourage the settlement of the situation in Ukraine without military intervention. As reported before, Putin, at the next summit of the SCO in Bashkiria to the organization have the opportunity to connect India and Pakistan. The Shanghai cooperation organization √ continuously operating regional international Association, whose establishment was announced fifteen June 2001 in Shanghai. Priority directions of activity of the SCO √ joint counteraction to terrorism, extremism, development of cooperation in energy, oil and gas, transport, telecommunications and other fields. Now SCO members are Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Observer status are Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan, " dialogue partners are Belarus, Turkey and Sri Lanka. The total population of the SCO √ 1, 597 billion people (a quarter of the inhabitants of the Earth), the total gross domestic product √ eleven, 6 trillion dollars.