Heads of government push trade and investment cooperation

The six governments signed the Agreement on Interbank Cooperation within the SCO, giving legal form to a mechanism for financing and servicing investment projects. The agreement offered a regional...

The heads of state reviewed the organization’s first five years and renewed its stated mission of peace, cooperation and development. The declaration presented the SCO as a regional institution with a...

The member states named cooperation against terrorism, separatism, extremism and drug trafficking as priorities, and called for strengthening RATS. The language shows security capacity becoming a...

The fifth-anniversary declaration welcomed partner participation in projects involving energy, transport, communications and agriculture. This differentiated project-based engagement from full...

The heads of state identified information and communication technologies as a security concern and called for cooperation on international information security. The statement linked cyber and...

The six member states discussed globalization, security and shared development and adopted the Bishkek Declaration. The declaration framed regional cooperation as an answer to interdependence, while...

The six member states signed the Treaty on Long-Term Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation. It set a political framework for durable relations and cooperation across policy areas. Its...

The summit approved an action plan to implement the 2006 statement on international information security. The document extended cooperation from declaring principles to coordinating government...

The summit communiqué recorded that member-state leaders accepted an invitation to observe the active phase of a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia on 17 August. The exercise displayed military...

The six member states conducted a joint counterterrorism military exercise in Russia. The drill showed the practical security cooperation associated with the SCO, while the scope and public framing of...