SCO security council secretaries meet in Astana

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...

Education ministers discussed cooperation in education and exchanged views on shared programmes. The meeting extended the organization’s work beyond diplomacy and security into a sector where national...

The twenty-first meeting of culture ministers considered cultural cooperation by videoconference. Official cultural exchange offers a regional vocabulary of civilizational plurality, while the...

The Council of Foreign Ministers met in Astana on 20–21 May and reviewed political, economic, environmental, and humanitarian cooperation while preparing summit documents. Pakistan’s first...

The fifth meeting of environmental ministries and agencies discussed cooperation in environmental protection and ecological security during the SCO Year of Ecology. The communiqué records member...

Tourism administration heads met in Almaty and approved a joint action plan for implementing the SCO tourism cooperation programme for 2024–25. Tourism was presented as both economic exchange and a...