Akifi Ahmad Khaibar, a reporter from Sputnik News/Afghanistan, poses for a photo in Qingdao for the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Summit, June 10, 2018. (Photo by Guo Rong/chinadaily.com.cn)
President Xi urged SCO member states to give full play to the role of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group to facilitate peace and reconstruction in Afghanistan, said Akifi Ahmad Khaibar, a reporter from Sputnik News/Afghanistan.
"As Afghanistan is an observer member of SCO, I hope one day it will take its state membership in the SCO", he added.
