Foreign ministers prepare the Astana summit

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...

The nineteenth meeting of the secretaries of the member states’ security councils reviewed cooperation on security and prepared materials for the July heads-of-state summit. This is an official...

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 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...

A Dushanbe conference addressed transport connectivity, freight safety, and lowering environmental impacts. The proposals show the SCO’s infrastructure agenda as a question of regional agency and...

Heads of science and technology ministries met online to discuss cooperation and the implementation of agreed programmes. The technical track illustrates how the organization operates through...

Energy ministers discussed cooperation in the energy sector under Kazakhstan’s chairmanship. The SCO framed energy as a shared regional policy field, although the source provides no comparative data...