Tashkent hosts the 18th SCO heads-of-government meeting

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...

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 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...

Member states expressed concern about the outbreak and affirmed readiness to assist China and cooperate under the 2018 epidemic statement. The early response was framed through state-to-state...

A high-level event in Vienna examined digital drug markets and cooperation between the SCO and UN agencies. It joined the organisation's security agenda to emerging online technologies.