Samarkand summit adopts a new declaration

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...

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 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.

The sixth meeting of heads of SCO supreme audit institutions opened in Lucknow, extending cooperation into public auditing and government accountability.

India chaired an expert working-group meeting on law enforcement and drug-related crimes, continuing the SCO’s security cooperation at technical level.