KABUL, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said Saturday that Kabul wants to develop bilateral relations with the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

    "We want to develop our bilateral relations with the member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organization and this is important for Afghanistan," Spanta told a news conference.

    The Afghan top diplomat who accompanied President Hamid Karzai at the recently concluded SCO summit in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe also stressed that Kabul is in close contact and cooperation with SCO member states.

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai attended the summit as observer where the situation in Afghanistan, war on terror and drug problem came under discussion. China, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are the members of the SCO while Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Iran and Magnolia attended the summit as observers this year.