(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 4 . A signing ceremony
for several documents of the Meeting of the Council of Heads of
State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in
Astana on July 4, Trend reports.
In particular, in the Astana Declaration, about 20 decisions
were adopted, including the Initiative "On World Unity for Just
Peace, Harmony, and Development", "On the Improvement of the SCO,"
as well as the decision on the development of energy cooperation,
the association of investors of the SCO member states, and the
approval of the program of cooperation in the field of protected
areas and economic tourism.
To note, the SCO summit is chaired by Kazakhstan. The event is
attended by the heads of state and government of Kazakhstan, India,
Iran, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
Belarus, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Qatar, the UAE, Türkiye and
Turkmenistan, as well as the SCO Secretary-General and the
Executive Director of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist
Structure.
The summit is also attended by the UN Secretary-General and the
heads of such international organizations as the CIS, ECO, CICA,
CSTO, EEC, and PSOE.
The SCO Summit is being held for the first time in the format of
the SCO Council of Heads of State and the SCO Plus Meeting.
In general, the heads of state consider a wide range of issues
contributing to the further strengthening of the SCO's multifaceted
cooperation, its prospects, and the solution of pressing
international and regional problems.
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