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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy, Mahdi Safari, told Sputnik on Tuesday that Iran's ascension to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will increase energy supplies from Russia and Iran.

Earlier today, the 23rd Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in New Delhi declared that Iran has officially obtained full membership of the SCO.

"With the accession of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Shanghai Organization, big changes will take place. One of the achievements in the field of energy supply for us and Russia is that we can supply more fuel," Safari said.

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Speaking for the first time after Iran joined the SCO, President Ebrahim Raisi highlighted the important role which Asian countries should play in terms of promoting their ancient civilizations, ethics, spirituality, and understanding of justice, all of which can be achieved through the SCO.

The Iranian President said, "Now that this ancient continent has recovered, it must once again become a civilization-building by relying on ethics, spirituality, justice, rationality, and respect for human dignity." The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which is a symbol of this "great family of civilizations, is now standing in a position that can establish new horizons of regional convergence and security-building cooperation."

Raisi emphasized the shared respect for values and sanctities between the nations of the SCO, which act as a unifying principle in the organization. He also raised the issue of the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, as he contrasted European countries' actions with such incidents to those displayed by "civilized nations" of the SCO.

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