SCO approves a 2018-2022 action plan on neighbourly relations

The communique emphasized using the additional potential of India and Pakistan in the organisation’s cooperation programs. This marked a shift from accession paperwork to the work of participation.

SCO foreign ministers reviewed priorities after the 2017 accession of India and Pakistan and approved summit drafts in principle. The meeting shows how the expanded organisation prepared its next...

The 13th meeting of member-state security council secretaries addressed counterterrorism coordination, the 2019-2021 security cooperation programme, and a planned joint appeal to youth. The record...

The heads of state met in Qingdao with India and Pakistan participating as full members for the first time. Observer-state and international-organisation representatives also attended, showing the...

The declaration reaffirmed the Charter, the Shanghai Spirit, security cooperation and economic, cultural and humanitarian ties. It framed the enlarged SCO as a regional institution seeking a more...

The programme set out cooperation against terrorism, separatism and extremism, with the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure assigned a central role. Its security categories also raise questions...

The summit approved an anti-drug strategy, implementation programme and concept on preventing abuse of narcotic and psychotropic substances. The documents locate drug policy within regional security...

A heads-of-state statement called for joint efforts to address epidemic threats in the SCO space. It created a policy basis later invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The appeal and action programme connected youth cooperation with preventing recruitment into terrorist, separatist and extremist organisations. The document presents youth through a security lens as...

A joint communiqué called for streamlining trade procedures among member states. It linked the organisation's political expansion to ambitions for practical economic connectivity.