Foreign ministers prepare 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.

A June Council of National Coordinators meeting in Tashkent coordinated documents for the heads-of-state, heads-of-government, and foreign-ministers meetings, while considering SCO links with other...

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 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...

At Samarkand, Iran signed a memorandum setting out its obligations on the path to full membership. The step formalized an accession process but did not make Iran a full member until 2023.

The heads of state adopted the Samarkand Declaration, emphasizing sovereign equality, dialogue, connectivity, and wider cooperation. Its language presents the SCO as a multipolar institution; analysis...

The heads of state issued a statement on reliable, sustainable, and diversified supply chains, placing trade and logistics resilience on the SCO agenda during global disruption.