SCO foreign ministers adopt a COVID-19 statement by videoconference

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.

SCO experts and health officials coordinated a draft plan for joint action against epidemic threats and discussed cooperation on plague prevention. The process built on the 2018 framework and informed...

Ministers in Moscow addressed the summit agenda, pandemic response, digital economy and multilateral cooperation. The meeting was one of the main in-person diplomatic preparations for the online...

The 15th meeting considered information security, counterterrorism coordination and the epidemic action plan. The agenda shows how public health was incorporated into the SCO's broader security...

The SCO Forum's anniversary session discussed how member states could cooperate on public health, epidemiological oversight, emergency response, education and tourism after the pandemic. The forum...

The coordinators prepared the Moscow Declaration, epidemic plan, rural digital cooperation concept and statements on information security, drugs, COVID-19 and the 75th anniversary of victory over...