Tehran, IRNA – Iran's Vice President for Economic Affairs Mohsen Rezaie emphasized in a tweet on Saturday that the expansion of bilateral ties with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a necessity.

“As a permanent member of the SCO, it is an appropriate opportunity to take an important step to turn the country into an economic corridor between the East-West on the one hand and he South-North, Eurasia on the other hand, and to shape the country’s foreign policy based on a balanced strategy,” Rezaie tweeted on Saturday.

He further reiterated that the expansion of ties with the member countries of this organization, too, is a necessity.

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