05.03.2025

On March 5, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Nurlan Yermekbayev, who is on a visit to our country.

Topical issues of expanding multilateral partnership within the framework of this authoritative organization were discussed.

Importance of increasing practical cooperation in combating common challenges and threats to stability and security, as well as further deepening of cooperation based on the principles of good-neighborliness, trust and partnership was emphasized.

Particular attention was paid to continuing the process of modernizing the SCO activities launched at the Samarkand summit, including improving the efficiency of the work of all SCO structures.

The need to implement the Concept of Development of the New Economic Dialogue and a number of other initiatives of our country was noted. These include the adoption of an agreement on trade facilitation, an e-commerce program, a set of measures to stimulate investment, a plan for digitalization in logistics, the “SCO Future Technologies” program, the Atlas of Food Security and others.

Preparation for the upcoming SCO summit in China was also discussed.