SCO adopts a development strategy through 2025

The six heads of state adopted the Bishkek Declaration, emphasizing security, development, transport connectivity and cooperation. Its broad agenda shows the SCO’s attempt to connect regional...

The declaration urged expanded transport and communications capacity, logistics centers, trade, tourism and energy-saving technologies. The agenda promoted regional connectivity, while its impact...

The governments signed an agreement to support cooperation in science and technology. It extended the SCO’s agenda beyond security and trade and created a legal framework for exchanges, although the...

The Bishkek Declaration described the 2007 treaty as a legal foundation for regional peace and prosperity. This linked the organization’s diplomatic principles to a binding instrument but did not...

The member states issued the 2014 Dushanbe Declaration, reviewing regional challenges and cooperation. The text presented the SCO as an advocate of a more equitable international order while...

The summit approved procedures and a model memorandum defining obligations for states applying to become members. This prepared the way for later expansion while preserving the existing members’...

India formally applied for membership following the adoption of accession procedures. This began a government-to-government process; it did not mean that India had already been admitted or that...

The Dushanbe meeting adopted an agreement aimed at creating favorable conditions for international road transport. It reflected the organization’s growing emphasis on cross-border connectivity,...

The heads of state presented the Organisation as a vehicle for regional cooperation and a more representative international order. This is evidence of an official diplomatic position, not proof that...

The Ufa summit initiated procedures for considering India and Pakistan for full membership. This began a multi-year legal process and did not itself admit either state.