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Kyrgyzstan Hands SCO Chairmanship to Pakistan

From 24.kg · () Russian

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  • Kyrgyzstan ended its 2025-2026 chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and handed the role to Pakistan at a summit in Bishkek.
  • The Kyrgyz chairmanship produced a declaration marking the SCO’s 25th anniversary and 27 other documents covering security, technology, energy, transport, climate and related issues.
  • Pakistan will coordinate the organisation’s next work programme, while Lahore will serve as the SCO’s tourism and cultural capital for 2026-2027.

Kyrgyzstan has passed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s rotating chairmanship to Pakistan after hosting the organisation’s Council of Heads of State in Bishkek.

The Kyrgyz chairmanship covered 2025 and 2026 and used the motto “25 Years of the SCO: Together Toward Sustainable Peace, Development and Prosperity.” Its central event was a commemorative summit for the organisation’s 25th anniversary.

The summit produced the Bishkek Declaration on the anniversary and 27 additional documents. The agreements addressed regional security, counter-narcotics efforts, artificial intelligence, information security, energy, transport and logistics, climate issues, and biodiversity conservation.

Pakistan will now coordinate the SCO’s work and prepare the next meeting of the Council of Heads of State. The Pakistani city of Lahore has also been designated the organisation’s tourism and cultural capital for 2026-2027.

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