SCO adopts an anti-drug strategy through 2023

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 leaders approved a plan to implement the Treaty on Long-Term Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation. It translated diplomatic principles into a multi-year agenda among member...

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...

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.

The Qingdao summit adopted a concept for cooperation in environmental protection, creating a basis for later ministerial coordination on ecological issues.

The memorandum supported cooperation among member-state agencies responsible for foreign economic and trade activity, including support for micro, small and medium enterprises.