Tashkent forum discusses ICT and innovation across the SCO

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 declaration supported Afghan-led political settlement, implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement, and a negotiated Syrian settlement under UN Security Council Resolution 2254. Regional...

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.

The memorandum established cooperation on food security, sustainable agriculture, research, digital agriculture and investment. It linked regional economic policy to the UN Sustainable Development...