DUSHANBE, September 12. /ITAR-TASS/. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is for settlement of the Syrian crisis by exclusively political means, the Dushanbe Declaration of heads of SCO member countries reads.

SCO countries, supporting Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, are for settlement of the Syrian crisis by exclusively political and diplomatic means by continuing an overwhelming direct inter-Syrian dialogue, the Declaration reads.

The SCO member countries also welcome finalizing of the process to eliminate the Syrian chemical weapons, which was done in time and under the international supervision.

The Declaration stresses, SCO is for peaceful and booming Syria, where all people, regardless of their confession or ethnicity, are enjoying equal rights.