SCO adopts statement on digital transformation

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...

The heads of state adopted the New Delhi Declaration and a package of other documents at India’s virtual summit, setting out priorities across security, economic, cultural, and international...

The heads of state adopted a statement on countering radicalisation leading to terrorism, separatism, and extremism. A decolonial reading notes how the organization’s security vocabulary centers...

Business representatives met in Samarkand for B2B and government-to-business discussions on e-commerce, green economy, transport, logistics, and regional investment.

At Bishkek, SCO ministers responsible for foreign economic and trade activity adopted a statement on deepening cooperation and e-commerce. The statement promotes open multilateral trade and...

Bishkek hosted the heads-of-government meeting. Delegations discussed trade, transport, energy, agriculture, digital economy, and other areas; the communiqué reaffirmed existing cooperation plans...