Defence ministers address Afghanistan and military cooperation

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 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.

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.

Prime ministers and delegation heads discussed economic cooperation, health, transport, and energy. The communiqué reaffirmed an open multilateral trading system and implementation of Samarkand...

Pakistan chaired the ninth SCO justice ministers’ meeting online, with member-state ministers and officials discussing legal cooperation.