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A neutral country is a sovereign state that is neutral towards belligerents in a specific war or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts. As a type of non-combatant status, nationa
Switzerland is a prominent example of a country outside of any military alliance, but maintaining a strong deterrent force.
Irish units on UN patrol in the Golan Heights
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a Eurasian political, economic and international security organisation of ten member states. It focuses on political, economic, security and counter-terrorism
Neutral country
…war or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts (including avoiding entering into military alliances such as NATO, CSTO or the SCO). As a type of non-combatant status, nationals of neutral countries enjoy protection under the law of war from belligerent actions to a greater extent…
SCO leaders at Peace Mission 2007. Hu Jintao, Vladimir Putin, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Islam Karimov
Leaders present at the SCO summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia in 2009
Summit of Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) in 2007
Heads of state of member states at the 2018 summit in Qingdao, Shandong, China