Which countries will attend the SCO summit?

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit will begin just a day later. Chinese defence ministers as well as defence ministers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will attend the summit. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif will not be in India but will attend the meeting virtually. The Indian government has also invited Belarus and Iran, who are currently observers of the SCO group, to participate in the meeting. They will discuss regional peace and security, SCO's counter-terrorism efforts, etc.