National coordinators finalize summit declaration drafts

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 reviewed preparations for the 2025 heads-of-state summit and the draft Tianjin Declaration. The source captures the work of agenda formation before leaders’ formal...

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...

The Council of National Coordinators met online from 18–20 August to continue work on documents for the Tianjin summit. The sequence reveals the procedural labor behind summit diplomacy.