Members heads of State Declaration August 31
Development of the association
The SCO member countries have decided to establish an SCO Development Bank.
They also decided to merge the statuses of “observer” and “dialogue partner.”
The countries will strengthen cooperation on sustainable development issues, “including in the field of industry, efficient waste management and resource use in accordance with the principles of environmental protection, energy conservation and clean energy development, with a view to ensuring the SCO’s contribution to promoting sustainable socio-economic development. Theme of the summit respect of the diversity of civilisations and pur
The SCO countries have declared their intention to develop partnerships in agriculture and e-commerce, and have agreed to jointly develop tourism and medicine.
Participants in the association have expressed their readiness to collaborate in preventing security risks associated with artificial intelligence.
The SCO countries agreed to “strengthen scientific and technical achievements and innovations.”
The SCO welcomes the development of customs partnerships, including digitalization, as well as “single window” and “smart customs” mechanisms.
The SCO countries advocated further development of cooperation in the transport sector on a fair and balanced basis, emphasizing “the importance of creating new and modernizing existing international transport routes, including promoting the activities of the North-South and East-West corridors.
Military cooperation
The SCO countries advocate strict compliance with the NPT Treaty provisions.
The participants of the association called for “full compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) as an important instrument in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation.”
The SCO countries also expressed their willingness to cooperate in the military sphere.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, emphasizing the importance of not applying double standards in the fight against it.
Need for UN reform
The SCO countries believe that the UN must be reformed to adapt “to modern political and economic realities.”
The leaders welcomed the annual UN General Assembly resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism.
The organization intends to continue high-level dialogue with the UN, other international organizations, and interested states.
Combating drug trafficking
The SCO countries advocated for “further deepening practical cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking, including the suppression of crimes involving the use of information and communication technologies and the spread of new psychoactive substances.”
Sports
The association’s participants called for sports competitions to be held on a non-discriminatory basis, and for participation in them to be unrestricted.
State members:
Armenia – Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
Azerbaijan – President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
Belarus – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
Cambodia – Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet
China – CCP General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping
Egypt – Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly
Maldives – President of the Maldives Mohamed Muizzu
Myanmar – acting President of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing
Vietnam – Prime Minister of Vietnam Phạm Minh Chính
Laos – General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith
India – Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
Indonesia – Minister of Foreign Affairs Sugiono
Iran – President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
Kazakhstan – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kyrgyzstan – President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
Mongolia – President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Nepal – Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli
Pakistan – Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif
Russia – President of Russia Vladimir Putin
Turkey – President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Tajikistan – President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
Turkmenistan – President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov
Uzbekistan – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Malaysia – Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim
