NATO member Turkey signed a security group led by China and Russia on Friday became "dialogue partners", and announced that its fate is in Asia.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu, said: "This is indeed a historic day for us," Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretary-General Demeter in the Mezentsev.
"Now, such a choice, Turkey announced that the country's fate as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), our destiny is the same."
China, Russia and four Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - in 2001 the formation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a regional security alliance to fight from neighboring Afghanistan radical Islamists and drug trafficking threat.
Since then, the former Russian Empire in Central Asia, the Lord looked uneasy China's economic expansion in the resource-rich region, with Beijing to invest billions of dollars in oil, gas and local governments where large loans.
Turkey has shown interest in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to establish a closer relationship, the slow progress in the accession negotiations with the EU, it is quite upset.
Ankara began accession negotiations in 2005, but completed only one of the 35 policy areas, or "chapters", each candidate must come to an end be allowed entry because of the differences between the island of Cyprus is divided into.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey waiting to join the EU "inexcusable" and accused Brussels unfair or real negotiating partner.
Although China is eager to Russia access to the rich natural resources of Central Asia and the West, some analysts view the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a potential counterbalance NATO.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan speak a Turkic language, and commitment to cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the economy and combat the threat of terrorism and the drug trade, Davutoglu stressed the common historical roots.
Turkey will form a family, living together is not centuries - part of the Millennium, "he said."
Turkey "dialogue partner" status, granted to Sri Lanka and the countries of the former Soviet Union, Belarus, the following is from India, Pakistan, Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan, to participate in the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization observer status, but have no voting rights.
Davutoglu stressed, optimism and smile, however, this state is "just the beginning".
, "Davutoglu said:" I hope that at the next summit in Bishkek (Kyrgyz capital), we will be at the Ministerial Meeting, as well. "This is a very long way to go and began walking together, hand in hand and shoulder shoulder."
 



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