Foreign ministers prepare the Bishkek summit

Representatives met in Bishkek for the third round of consultations on establishing an SCO Development Bank. The proposal signals an effort to expand regional development finance; consultations do not...

Finance ministers and central bank governors discussed financial cooperation during Kyrgyzstan’s chairmanship. The meeting brought national monetary and fiscal authorities into the SCO’s economic...

The AgroSCO forum brought together participants to discuss agricultural cooperation and food systems. The event’s official reporting presents a regional policy agenda; outcomes for farmers and rural...

The fourth consultation meeting took place in Shenzhen on 29–30 June. It followed the political consensus recorded at the 2025 Tianjin summit and continued discussion of the proposed bank’s...

The SCO Countries Civilizations Dialogue met in Bishkek as part of the 2026 chairmanship programme. Its emphasis on civilizational plurality is a form of regional self-representation, while the...

Coordinators met online from 3–5 August and continued work on the package of documents for the upcoming heads-of-state meeting in Kyrgyzstan.

A further online meeting on 10–12 August advanced draft documents for leaders’ consideration at Bishkek. The repeated consultations show consensus-building as a sustained institutional process.

National coordinators met online from 17–21 and on 24 August to continue the summit preparations and draft decisions. The report describes negotiation and preparation, not final adoption.

The 2026 SCO Forum on People-to-People Exchange opened in Bishkek ahead of the heads-of-state meeting. The programme foregrounded cultural and social ties as part of regional integration, while...

The twenty-sixth Council of Heads of State and SCO Plus meeting adopted the Bishkek Declaration and a package of 28 documents. Leaders approved charter amendments and measures establishing a universal...