Pakistan takes over SCO chairmanship
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- Kyrgyzstan handed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation chairmanship to Pakistan at a meeting of the group’s Council of Heads of State in Bishkek.
- During Kyrgyzstan’s 2025-2026 chairmanship, members signed the Bishkek Declaration and 27 other documents covering security, technology, energy, transport and environmental issues.
- Lahore was named the SCO tourism and cultural capital for 2026-2027.
Pakistan has assumed the chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation after Kyrgyzstan completed its 2025-2026 term.
The handover followed a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan held its chairmanship under the theme “25 Years of the SCO: Together Towards Sustainable Peace, Development and Prosperity.”
The main outcome of the Kyrgyz presidency was an anniversary summit marking 25 years of the organisation. Participants signed the Bishkek Declaration and 27 other documents addressing regional security, drug trafficking, artificial intelligence, information security, energy, transport and logistics, climate change and biodiversity conservation.
Pakistan will coordinate the organisation’s work and prepare the next meeting of the Council of Heads of State. The Pakistani city of Lahore has also been named the SCO tourism and cultural capital for 2026-2027.
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