Forum of exports of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 15 June.

Kazakh Foreign Ministry said the second forum of the SCO will be held in Almaty on Friday.

The ministry said the forum will be attended by heads of national research centres on SCO problems and observer states.

The participants will discuss issues on expansion, mechanisms of cooperation of SCO with other international organizations, as well as issues on Business Council, Interbank Union and Energy Club of the SCO.

The SCO unites Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. Mongolia, Iran, India and Pakistan are observer states.