SCO expert forum examines artificial intelligence

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...

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...

The twenty-fourth meeting of prosecutors general was held in Kazan on 1 October to discuss legal cooperation. The official account also uses a traditional-values frame; that language is presented as...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev attended the plenary of the International Forum on Ensuring Collective Security in Moscow. Press TV, an Iranian state...