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SCO summit begins in Bishkek

From 24.kg · () Russian

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  • Leaders of all 10 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states have arrived in Bishkek for the summit’s main meetings on Sept. 1.
  • The agenda includes regional security and the integration of artificial intelligence into the economy.
  • The summit is expected to end with adoption of the Bishkek Declaration, whose draft was approved by the organisation’s foreign ministers.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit has opened in Bishkek, bringing leaders from all 10 member states to Kyrgyzstan’s capital. Meetings are being held at the newly built Yrys Ordo Congress Hall.

The main summit day, Sept. 1, includes a meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council and an expanded SCO Plus session. Kyrgyzstan is chairing the organisation under the theme “25 Years of the SCO: Together for Sustainable Peace, Development, and Prosperity.”

The agenda ranges from regional security to the use of artificial intelligence in the economy. The gathering is expected to conclude with the Bishkek Declaration, after SCO foreign ministers approved its draft.

The organisation now includes Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It began in 1996 as the Shanghai Five, focused on military trust and border demilitarisation. After Uzbekistan joined in 2001 and the SCO was formally established, its agenda expanded to terrorism, extremism and separatism, as well as wider economic and political issues.

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