Tashkent summit promotes cooperation among Asian regional organizations

At the Tashkent summit, leaders addressed counterterrorism alongside trade, investment, transport and other cooperation areas. They described the SCO as an equal partnership and not a bloc. This...

The declaration instructed the Secretariat to prepare documents toward a Business Council and Development Fund. This was a proposal to support trade and investment projects, not evidence that the...

The Tashkent Declaration called for environmental protection and rational use of water resources to enter the organization’s cooperation agenda. This acknowledged that Central Asian security also...

The declaration argued for a global counterterrorism system centered on the United Nations and for prevention as well as response. This framing resisted unilateral security hierarchies, but it did not...

The Tashkent Declaration expressed interest in a peaceful, united Afghanistan and supported international cooperation on security, reconstruction and drug trafficking. Afghanistan was treated as...

The SCO granted Mongolia observer status by Decision No. 12 of the Council of Heads of State, creating a formal channel for participation without full membership. The status illustrates how the...

The heads of state concluded their Tashkent meeting with a declaration covering security, economic integration, environmental cooperation and external relations. The agenda demonstrates the...

At 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...

The Council of Heads of Government established the Interbank Consortium to support bank services and financing for government-sponsored investment projects. This created a potential channel for...

At the Astana summit, the six member states granted India, Iran and Pakistan observer status. This widened formal access to SCO dialogue without giving the three states the decision-making rights of...