SCO Summit concludes with 20 agreements signed in Tianjin

At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit held in Tianjin, China, on September 1, member states signed 20 agreements.

The documents include:

•  The Tianjin Declaration of the SCO Heads of State Council
•  A resolution approving documents adopted at the meeting
•  The SCO Development Strategy through 2035
•  A cooperation programme of SCO member states to combat extremist ideologies for 2026–2030
•  A roadmap for implementing the SCO Energy Cooperation Development Strategy through 2030
•  A resolution granting Laos dialogue partner status in the SCO
•  A resolution granting the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) observer status in the SCO
•  A resolution on the status of “SCO Partner”
•  A resolution declaring Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, the SCO Cultural and Tourism Capital for 2025–2026
•  A resolution authorising the SCO Secretary-General to sign relevant documents
•  A protocol amending the 2004 agreement between the SCO and the Chinese government on the SCO Secretariat’s operations in China
•  A memorandum of understanding between the SCO Secretariat and the Roscongress Foundation
•  A resolution approving annual activity reports of the SCO, including the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure’s 2024 report
•  An agreement on the SCO Counter-Narcotics Centre
•  An agreement on a Universal Centre for addressing security threats and challenges
•  A statement marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations
•  A statement on strengthening cooperation in the digital economy
•  A statement on sustainable energy development
•  A statement on cooperation in the green industry sector
•  A statement on advancing international cooperation in artificial intelligence
•  A statement supporting a multilateral trading system
•  A statement on addressing the global drug problem
•  A statement on scientific, technical, and innovation cooperation
•  A statement by SCO ministers and agency heads on strengthening investment cooperation for sustainable development
•  A protocol amending the 2004 agreement between the SCO and the Chinese government on the SCO Secretariat’s operations in China

The SCO summit, held from August 31 to September 1 in Tianjin, gathered leaders from more than 20 countries and representatives of 10 international organisations. A total of 15 new cooperation documents were signed during the event. The SCO was established in Shanghai on June 15, 2001, initially bringing together six founding members: Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined in 2017, Iran in 2023, and Belarus in 2024.