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SCO Council of Heads of Government
SCO Council of Heads of Government
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Members adopt a 20-year programme for trade and economic cooperation
đź“… 23 September 2003At the Beijing meeting, heads of government adopted a long-term programme for multilateral economic cooperation. It named transport, trade and investment as fields for coordination and imagined a...
Economic programme presents gradual integration as a long-term goal
📅 23 September 2003The trade and economic programme prioritized practical steps toward an enabling environment for trade and investment. It reveals the SCO’s aspiration to complement security cooperation with...
SCO moves toward practical regional trade and investment measures
đź“… 23 September 2004At the annual heads-of-government meeting, members reviewed implementation of their economic cooperation programme and discussed measures to develop trade and investment. Such steps show the gap...
Heads of government push trade and investment cooperation
📅 15 September 2006At the Dushanbe meeting, prime ministers reviewed economic cooperation and the implementation of the multilateral trade programme. The communiqué called for practical projects and closer coordination,...
Heads of government adopt an action plan for multilateral economic cooperation
📅 30 October 2008In Astana, prime ministers approved a plan to implement the SCO’s trade and economic cooperation programme. The plan aimed to translate long-term goals into practical cooperation; adopting it did...
SCO heads of government call for accelerated economic cooperation
đź“… 14 October 2009The prime ministers issued an initiative to speed multilateral economic cooperation, respond to the financial crisis and support development. The initiative recorded a collective ambition; it should...
SCO discusses trade and investment during the global downturn
📅 14 October 2009At the government meeting, member states discussed practical economic coordination in response to the global crisis. The episode shows the SCO’s interest in reducing exposure to external economic...
SCO prime ministers assess the economic situation in the region
đź“… 7 November 2011The Council of Heads of Government issued a joint statement about the world economy and the SCO region. The statement reflected concern about economic uncertainty and the need for coordination, but it...
Dushanbe hosts the 17th SCO heads-of-government meeting
đź“… 11 October 2018Prime ministers and other senior representatives met to review economic and humanitarian cooperation after the Qingdao summit. India and Pakistan took part in the enlarged format.
SCO heads of government approve economic and research measures
📅 12 October 2018The Dushanbe communiqué advanced trade cooperation, agriculture and food security, interregional cooperation, research links, education and cultural exchange. It also urged follow-through on the...
Tashkent hosts the 18th SCO heads-of-government meeting
đź“… 2 November 2019The heads of government met to approve economic cooperation and institutional measures. The meeting connected the summit's regional agenda with trade, railways, agriculture and digital development.
SCO approves a revised multilateral trade programme
📅 2 November 2019The heads of government adopted a new version of the SCO Programme of Multilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation. It set a framework for member-state economic coordination, though the communiqués...
SCO adopts a concept for railway administration cooperation
đź“… 2 November 2019The Tashkent meeting approved a concept for collaboration between national railway administrations. It made transport connectivity a practical strand of the SCO's economic integration agenda.
SCO heads of government address pandemic recovery and social stigma
đź“… 30 November 2020The 19th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government discussed COVID-19 recovery, public health, economic cooperation and the stigma associated with infection. It extended the SCO's pandemic...
Twentieth SCO Heads of Government meeting
📅 25 November 2021Prime ministers and delegation heads reviewed trade, agriculture, transport links, and Afghanistan. The meeting’s communiqué presented transit connectivity as a shared opportunity while leaving...
Twenty-first SCO Heads of Government meeting
📅 1 November 2022Prime ministers and delegation heads discussed economic cooperation, health, transport, and energy. The communiqué reaffirmed an open multilateral trading system and implementation of Samarkand...
Twenty-second SCO Heads of Government meeting
📅 26 October 2023Bishkek hosted the heads-of-government meeting. Delegations discussed trade, transport, energy, agriculture, digital economy, and other areas; the communiqué reaffirmed existing cooperation plans...
Heads of Government meet in Islamabad
📅 15 October 2024The twenty-third Council of Heads of Government met in Islamabad on 15–16 October and adopted a joint communiqué on economic and sectoral cooperation. Pakistan chaired the council for the first...
Heads of Government meet in Moscow
📅 18 November 2025The twenty-fourth Council of Heads of Government adopted a joint communiqué and decisions concerning multilateral trade and economic cooperation, railways, and social development and protection. These...