Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to travel to China this Tuesday to take part in the 12th summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to travel to China this Tuesday to take part in the 12th summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

Head of presidential office's international relations division Mohammad Reza Forqani said the SCO summit meeting is scheduled for June 6-7.

During his stay in Beijing, the Iranian president is due to meet with his counterparts from the SCO member countries and the observer states, noted Forqani.

He added that Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Minister of Industry, Mine and Commerce Mehdi Ghazanfari will accompany President Ahmadinejad.

The SCO is an inter-governmental organization established for the purpose of multilateral economic and security cooperation.

It was founded in 2001 by the leaders of China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

Iran, Mongolia, Pakistan and India are acting as the SCO observers.