SCO sports agencies coordinate cooperation

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.

The chairs of SCO member-state supreme courts met in New Delhi on 10–12 March, with observer-state Iran and Belarus also attending. The gathering extended legal exchange beyond full members.

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.

The heads of state completed the procedure for Iran to become a full SCO member, expanding the organization to nine members. Accession changed the institution’s membership but did not itself resolve...