SCO plans project cooperation for 2017-2021

The joint military exercise took place in Dushanbe and was listed among the SCO’s security activities for the year. It extended the organisation’s practical security cooperation beyond declarations...

A joint border operation ran across SCO member-state border regions from 25 September to 1 November. The operation emphasized coordinated state surveillance and control across national boundaries.

The fifteenth Council of Heads of Government reviewed economic and humanitarian cooperation. The meeting also prepared projects and institutional decisions for the enlarged organisation.

The heads of government called for further development of transport links and preparation of a regional road programme. Connectivity could widen options for landlocked states, while the distribution...

The heads of government continued consultations on financial mechanisms to support joint projects. The discussion records an aspiration; the SCO did not yet establish an operational development bank.

The heads of government discussed implementation of cooperation plans in science and technology. The agenda linked research exchange and innovation to development across a geographically diverse...

The Bishkek meeting called for improved living standards and continued cultural and humanitarian exchange. This broadened the policy agenda while leaving delivery to national institutions.

SCO security council secretaries reviewed Tashkent decisions and discussed the implications of India and Pakistan joining. The official record frames expansion partly through the security capacity...

At the Astana meeting, ministers submitted draft decisions on admitting India and Pakistan to the heads of state. The process shows enlargement as a negotiated legal sequence rather than an...

The foreign ministers approved the draft declaration and summit communique. This ministerial stage shaped the public language and near-term priorities that leaders would adopt in June.