SCO Leadership Transition
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Kyrgyzstan hands the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation chairmanship to Pakistan at a summit in Bishkek, where leaders sign nearly 30 documents. Kyrgyzstan also proposes naming a mountain peak after the organisation, while all 10 member states attend the main meetings.
Pakistan takes over SCO chairmanship
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 annivers…
Nearly 30 documents signed at SCO summit in Bishkek
Nearly 30 documents were signed in Bishkek at a meeting of the heads of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states on Sept. 1. The agreements included the Bishkek Declaration dedicated to the SCO…
Kyrgyzstan Names Mountain Peak for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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…
SCO summit begins in Bishkek
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 Ha…