Peter Petrovsky said that the SCO summit will allow member states to strengthen cooperation in the face of the “collective West’s” hegemonic ambitions.
Peter Petrovsky, a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told IRNA in an exclusive interview on Sunday that the two-day summit will allow members to strengthen cooperation in the face of the “collective West’s” hegemonic ambitions.
The SCO summit will be attended by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who traveled to China earlier in the day to take part in both the SCO and SCO Plus meetings to join officials from more than 30 countries.
Iran became a full member of the SCO in 2023. Other permanent members are China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus. Several other countries, including Mongolia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, participate as observers or dialogue partners.
Petrovsky referred to the August 20 meeting between President Pezeshkian and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, noting that the two countries share a common commitment to building a fairer, multipolar world order.
The collective West, as the heir of the old colonial system, seeks to expand its hegemony at any cost, using armed conflicts to suppress nations and undermine the sovereignty of countries it considers undesirable, the Belarusian scholar said.
He added that cooperation between Iran and Belarus within the SCO framework is an important element for making international relations more balanced, secure, and just.
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