Azerbaijan's SCO bid is a warning to West
Observer status at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation would be a riposte to critics but Baku will not break with West
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- Gains for Baku?
- Karabakh
- Terrorism
- Bilateral deals
- Russia and Iran
- SCO principles
- Non-interference
- Media
- Internet
- Pull of the West
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_350.jpg "Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (Reuters/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)")