New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh on Thursday said the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is more than a political and economic alliance, asserting that the SCO is also a platform to "deepen cultural understanding" and people-to-people ties.

In his address at the opening session of the 2nd SCO Young Authors' Conference held in Delhi, he said the ideas exchanged during the two-day event will also "contribute to a more vibrant and culturally rich SCO region".

Besides, authors and other delegates from different SCO member states, many diplomats posted here at the embassies of countries, which are part of the regional grouping, including Russia and Pakistan, also attended the event.

The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the pr

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