đź“… 5 July 2000
Uzbekistan’s president attended the Dushanbe meeting as a guest, foreshadowing its later accession to the organization. Its inclusion reflected the importance of Central Asian states’ own diplomatic...
đź“… 14 June 2001
The five participants accepted Uzbekistan into the consultation framework ahead of the Shanghai summit. Its participation widened the grouping beyond the original five states and brought a major...
đź“… 15 June 2001
Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan adopted the declaration establishing the SCO in Shanghai. The new body carried forward the earlier border agreements while widening the...
đź“… 11 June 2010
The rotating chairmanship passed from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan at the summit. Rotation gave member states formal participation in agenda leadership, though the members’ differing political and...
