National coordinators review draft documents for Tianjin

At its twenty-fourth meeting, the Council of Heads of State admitted Belarus as a full member, adopted the Astana Declaration, and approved a package of decisions. The enlargement brought the...

SCO culture ministers met in Vitebsk during the Slavianski Bazaar festival to discuss cultural cooperation. Belarus participated after joining the organization as a full member on 4 July.

The Council of National Coordinators met to review the priorities and proposed agenda of China’s 2024–25 chairmanship. This preparatory work shows how rotating presidencies shape institutional...

The twenty-third Council of Heads of Government met in Islamabad on 15–16 October and adopted a joint communiqué on economic and sectoral cooperation. Pakistan chaired the council for the first...

At a Minsk security conference, an SCO deputy secretary-general referred to the Astana summit’s language on indivisible security. This records the organization’s preferred security framing and...

The Council of National Coordinators met online from 30 June to 1 July to advance draft documents, including the Tianjin Declaration and long-term development strategy, for the September summit.

Foreign ministers met in Tianjin and reviewed drafts for the upcoming heads-of-state meeting. China chaired the meeting as the SCO presidency continued its annual cycle.

Agriculture ministers met in Kunming and held dialogue with representatives of Egypt, Cambodia, and Myanmar. The meeting framed food and agriculture as areas for regional and partner cooperation,...

National coordinators met online on 4–5 August to review draft summit documents. The multi-stage drafting process illustrates how official declarations are negotiated before their public...

At an online meeting on 11–13 August, national coordinators discussed the Tianjin Declaration and the SCO Development Strategy to 2035. The future-oriented strategy is an official plan rather than...