Supreme-court chairs hold eighteenth meeting

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.

An expert group considered a roadmap to gradually increase the share of national currencies in mutual settlements among SCO members. The meeting shows a gradual policy objective, not an achieved...

The permanent expert working group on agriculture met under India’s chairmanship to coordinate sectoral policy within the SCO.

India chaired a meeting of SCO finance ministers and central-bank governors, providing a forum for macroeconomic and financial coordination among member states.

India chaired a meeting of heads of agencies responsible for physical fitness and sport, a cultural and social track of the chairmanship year.

Heads of SCO tourism administrations met in Varanasi, which India presented as a tourism and cultural capital, to promote tourism cooperation and exchanges.

The eighteenth meeting of SCO security council secretaries discussed regional stability and cooperation on terrorism, extremism, separatism, illicit trafficking, and transnational crime.

Kazakhstan chaired consultations in Astana on measures to enhance the organization’s performance, following a decision adopted at the Samarkand summit.

At Panaji, foreign ministers agreed on summit agenda and draft documents, and discussed completing Iran’s accession, Belarus’s accession process, and engagement with dialogue partners.