{"id":399,"date":"2026-01-15T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/?p=399"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:01:37","slug":"sco-secretary-general-nurlan-yermekbayev-called-iranian-foreign-minister-abbas-araghchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/sco-secretary-general-nurlan-yermekbayev-called-iranian-foreign-minister-abbas-araghchi\/","title":{"rendered":"SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev called  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8bcafbe1b4ddf295150495cb10073318-1024x403.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8bcafbe1b4ddf295150495cb10073318-1024x403.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8bcafbe1b4ddf295150495cb10073318-300x118.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8bcafbe1b4ddf295150495cb10073318-768x302.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8bcafbe1b4ddf295150495cb10073318.jpeg 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev spoke by phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On behalf of the entire SCO Secretariat and in his personal capacity, Yermekbayev expressed his deepest condolences for the casualties that occurred in Iran between January 8 and 10, 2026, and wished the families of the victims a speedy recovery and the injured a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary-General reiterated the position of SCO member states that mutual respect for sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity; equality and mutual benefit; non-interference in internal affairs; and the non-use or threat of force are the foundation for the stable development of international relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi briefed Yermekbayev on the current situation in Iran and thanked the SCO Secretary-General for his condolences and well wishes. Araqchi expressed his expectation that SCO member states would unite and support the Iranian people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/em> SCO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev spoke by phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi yesterday. On<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,53,10,52],"tags":[157,173,16,168,21,171,117,28,169,138],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-middle-east","category-news","category-world-news","tag-chaos","tag-chi","tag-china","tag-iran","tag-news","tag-protest","tag-sco","tag-shanghai","tag-tehran","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}