Bishkek summit reviews Afghanistan, Iran and Syria

Representatives of member-state media discussed coverage of SCO activity and information security ahead of the Bishkek summit. This reflects the organisation's interest in shaping its public narrative...

The two-day summit brought together the eight member states and observer leaders, including Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia. The setting made the SCO's post-enlargement composition visible...

The declaration reiterated the Shanghai Spirit, cooperation under the UN Charter, regional security, trade and cultural ties. It presents the SCO as an alternative diplomatic forum while leaving...

Member states agreed to cooperate on digital and telecommunications infrastructure, information security, e-government, smart cities, data technologies and innovation. The concept tied regional...

The summit adopted an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in mass media. It formalised information exchange while raising questions about state influence over public communication.

The forum examined the Bishkek digitalisation concept, including e-government, smart cities, artificial intelligence and telecommunications infrastructure. The event moved the digital agenda into...

Experts met in Bishkek to discuss how to put the 2019 digitalisation and ICT concept into practice. This marked a shift from summit-level agreement toward intergovernmental technical coordination.

The heads of government met to approve economic cooperation and institutional measures. The meeting connected the summit's regional agenda with trade, railways, agriculture and digital development.

The heads of government adopted a new version of the SCO Programme of Multilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation. It set a framework for member-state economic coordination, though the communiqués...

The Tashkent meeting approved a concept for collaboration between national railway administrations. It made transport connectivity a practical strand of the SCO's economic integration agenda.