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Kyrgyzstan Names Mountain Peak for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

From 24.kg · () Russian

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  • Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed a decree proposing the name Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Peak for a 4,050-meter mountain in Ala-Archa State Nature Park.
  • The initiative marks the 25th anniversary of the SCO’s founding and coincides with Kyrgyzstan hosting the organization’s heads-of-state summit in 2026.
  • The Cabinet of Ministers must review the proposal, draft legislation within three months and submit it to Parliament.

Kyrgyzstan has moved to give a 4,050-meter unnamed mountain peak in Ala-Archa State Nature Park the name Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Peak.

President Sadyr Japarov signed the decree in connection with the 25th anniversary of the SCO’s founding. The naming also coincides with Kyrgyzstan’s hosting of the SCO Council of Heads of State summit in 2026.

The peak lies in Alamedin district of Chui region. Under the decree, the Cabinet of Ministers must formally review the proposal, prepare the necessary legislation within three months and submit it to the Zhogorku Kenesh, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament, for consideration.

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