SCO promotes trade and investment links

The heads issued a shared commemorative statement about the war’s end and victory over fascism. The text shows how common historical memory was used in regional diplomacy.

The Ufa declaration addresses Afghanistan and the need for cooperation on security and reconstruction. Afghanistan appears as a neighboring society and policy partner, while the agenda remains...

The Ufa summit reaffirmed economic cooperation and implementation of the existing multilateral programme. The record captures an agreed agenda rather than evidence that a regional market or common...

The fourteenth Council of Heads of Government reviewed cooperation since the Ufa summit and adopted a joint communique. The meeting brought prime ministers into the work of turning summit priorities...

The heads of government addressed economic cooperation, regional development, and practical projects for the coming years. The communique shows how the SCO pursued coordination without creating...

The heads of government reviewed public-health coordination, including information on infectious diseases. Cooperation in this field linked health systems with cross-border monitoring and emergency...

The Zhengzhou communique endorsed continued cooperation in education, culture, and people-to-people contact. These initiatives broadened the organisation’s public-facing agenda beyond state security...

At their Tashkent meeting, security council secretaries reviewed regional threats and prepared for the June heads-of-state summit. Their discussions treated enlargement as part of a...

The Council of Foreign Ministers met in Tashkent to review SCO cooperation and prepare documents for the heads-of-state meeting. The ministerial process shows how the organisation builds consensus...

The declaration reviewed the Organisation’s first fifteen years and reaffirmed its principles of mutual trust, equality, consultation, respect for cultural diversity, and common development. These...