National coordinators prepare Samarkand summit documents

The sixth meeting of SCO science and technology ministry heads took place in Tashkent in hybrid format, sustaining a technical cooperation track alongside high-level diplomacy.

The twelfth meeting of heads of counter-narcotics agencies discussed cooperation against illicit drug trafficking. The SCO’s terminology treats drugs as a regional security issue, an approach that can...

The first meeting of heads of plant-quarantine agencies in Tashkent launched a sectoral cooperation track and prepared a document for the Samarkand summit.

The forum examined how traditional and folk medicine might be integrated into modern healthcare systems, continuing a China-proposed initiative adopted within the SCO framework.

The fifth SCO Health Ministers’ meeting in Tashkent addressed healthcare cooperation and pandemic lessons, including institutional coordination among member states.

SCO energy ministers met in Tashkent and advanced an action plan under the member states’ energy-cooperation concept, later referenced in the heads-of-government communiqué.

The seventh SCO agriculture ministers’ meeting in Tashkent discussed modern agriculture and cooperation, with FAO participation. The source reflects official policy priorities rather than...

The SCO foreign ministers met in Tashkent and reviewed draft summit texts, including a declaration and plans for connectivity and industrial cooperation. Iran’s accession path and Belarus’s...

The fourth meeting of SCO interior and public-security ministers took place in Tashkent as part of Uzbekistan’s chairmanship, focusing on policing and public-security cooperation.

Defence ministers meeting in Tashkent emphasized Afghanistan’s stability and expanded military-to-military cooperation. The communiqué also notes an invitation to participate in Russia’s Vostok 2022...