Coordinators hold extended consultations before Bishkek

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...

The Council of Foreign Ministers met in Cholpon-Ata and approved drafts of the Bishkek Declaration and other summit texts as a basis for further consideration. The meeting was preparatory; adoption...

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.

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...

Representatives met in Hangzhou on 14–15 September for a fifth consultation on the proposed Development Bank. The discussion followed decisions recorded at Tianjin and Bishkek, but the bank remained...

The Startup Forum brought participants together to discuss entrepreneurship and innovation. It extended the SCO’s economic diplomacy into technology and business networks, with the official report...

Experts met in Astana on 1–3 October to discuss artificial intelligence. The forum positioned AI as a field for regional cooperation and policy exchange, while questions of data rights, language...