Tashkent conference advances Central-South Asia connectivity agenda

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.

SCO foreign ministers and Afghanistan’s representative reaffirmed political dialogue and regional cooperation, including Afghanistan’s observer participation. The statement records the members’...

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...

The Dushanbe summit adopted an agreement on cooperation among member states in work with youth, adding a social and educational dimension to the anniversary summit’s institutional programme.