The non-bloc status of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization allows expanding its membership, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirzeyev said on Friday, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Uzbekistan's president noted that a memorandum on Iran's obligations as a full member of the organization is being signed today.

The president of Uzbekistan noted that today a memorandum on Iran's obligations as a full member of the organization is being signed.