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Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Russian Prime Minister (then president) Vladimir Putin (R) in 2007 at a counterterrorism exercise of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, including China and Russia, will consider the membership of five new countries on July 25. Which countries they do or do not decide to include will dramatically effect the future of the organization.
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