BISHKEK, Azerbaijan, September 1. The latest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in Bishkek today, Trend's special correspondent reports.
More than 500 representatives of local and foreign media outlets were accredited to cover the summit. Of these, 434 were foreign journalists representing a total of 115 media outlets.
Journalists from China, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and other countries arrived in Bishkek.
Representatives of Azerbaijani media also covered the summit from the scene, providing prompt reports on the meetings held and decisions adopted.
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, who chaired the summit, opened the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO member states. During the summit, he outlined key areas for further cooperation within the organization, including strengthening security, developing economic cooperation, transport and logistics connectivity, cultural and humanitarian ties, and technological cooperation. “Our Organization should continue to remain free from bloc thinking and confrontation, and serve as a platform for strengthening trust and ensuring peace and stability,” Japarov emphasized.
The President of Kyrgyzstan also highlighted the need to establish a common technological space within the SCO. “It is important to ensure equal access of states to modern technologies so that digital inequality does not become a new dividing line,” he said.
Following the meeting, the heads of state signed 28 documents covering various areas of SCO activities.
In particular, the Regulations on the Universal Center for Countering Challenges and Threats to the Security of SCO Member States were approved. The document provides the legal and organizational framework for launching the center and its structural units, including the Center for Combating Transnational Organized Crime in Bishkek.
In addition, documents were signed on combating drugs and synthetic drugs, international information security, the development of ports and logistics centers, artificial intelligence, energy, climate change, biodiversity conservation and cooperation in emergency situations.
One of the documents was the Concept for the Creation of Regional Data Processing Centers, Computing Capacity and the Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry within the SCO. A cooperation program on establishing the SCO “Green Technology Corridor” for 2026–2030 was also approved.
In the transport sector, an action plan for the development of ports and logistics centers of SCO member states for 2026–2030 was adopted.
During the meeting, Japarov also emphasized the importance of finding a practical solution to the issue of establishing the SCO Development Bank and strengthening transport connectivity. He highlighted the construction of the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway as one of the key projects in this area.
The Kyrgyz side expressed its readiness to ensure the launch of the Center for Combating Transnational Organized Crime in Bishkek. According to the Kyrgyz side, the building and necessary infrastructure for the center have already been prepared.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Kyrgyzstan handed over the SCO chairmanship to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The heads of state also congratulated President Sadyr Japarov and the people of Kyrgyzstan on Independence Day and expressed gratitude to the Kyrgyz side for organizing the SCO summit.
