Foreign ministers prepare the Tashkent summit

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 prime ministers called for stronger trade and investment cooperation and asked relevant bodies to continue preparing project proposals. The language emphasizes state-led facilitation rather than...

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 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...

India signed the accession memorandum at the Tashkent summit, undertaking to accede to the organisation’s existing legal instruments. The step advanced its candidacy but did not grant full...

Pakistan signed the memorandum of obligations as part of the accession process begun in 2015. The procedure required applicants to accept the SCO’s existing treaty framework before admission.

The Tashkent summit adopted a programme to develop cooperation in tourism among member states. Cultural exchange and heritage travel became part of the organisation’s wider connectivity agenda.

The heads linked regional cooperation with a more balanced international system and a larger role for states outside established Western institutions. This claim marks an aspiration for agenda-setting...