SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group issues joint statement

Experts chaired by Uzbekistan discussed a draft statute for designating an SCO tourism and culture capital, linking cultural exchange and tourism policy to the chairmanship programme.

Consultations in Tashkent considered information support and media coverage for the SCO’s twentieth-anniversary summit planned in Dushanbe.

At a four-day meeting, national coordinators reviewed draft documents for the heads-of-government meeting and foreign-ministers meeting, while planning anniversary events.

Rectors of member-state public-administration academies met in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation between academies and government services. The event presented institutional exchange as one strand of...

The Council of Foreign Ministers reviewed the organization’s work and regional issues, and prepared documents for the anniversary heads-of-state summit. Tajikistan chaired the meeting.

The conference on regional connectivity brought together leaders and officials from Central and South Asia, including Afghanistan and Pakistan. SCO representatives endorsed connectivity as a route...

Defence ministers met in Dushanbe under Tajikistan’s chairmanship and issued a communiqué on security cooperation. The meeting reflects the SCO’s security-centered institutional agenda and the...

The eighth SCO justice ministers’ meeting took place by videoconference under Tajikistan’s chairmanship. Participants addressed cooperation between justice institutions and implementation of...

The heads of state met in Dushanbe and adopted the anniversary declaration. The document recounts institutional development, affirms state sovereignty and non-interference, and sets priorities...

At the Dushanbe summit, leaders issued a joint statement on food security. It connected agricultural coordination and resilient food systems to regional cooperation; it records commitments rather than...