[April 2013] “China, Russia and four Central Asian nations – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – formed the SCO in 2001 as a regional security bloc to fight threats posed by radical Islam and drug trafficking from neighboring Afghanistan.  Ankara began talks on joining the EU in 2005 but has only completed one of the 35 policy areas, or ‘chapters’, every candidate must conclude to be allowed entry due to disagreements largely over the divided island of Cyprus. While China vies with Russia and the West for access to Central Asia’s vast natural resources, some analysts view the SCO as a potential counter-balance to NATO.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/26/us-turkey-shanghai-idUSBRE93P17720130426

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