SCO governments agreed in Dushanbe on Oct. 20 to a trade-cooperation plan for 2026–30 and a concept for a shared digital freight platform.
They also agreed on budget and investment measures. The decisions followed a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government. The meeting had a closed session and a session with more participants, and ended with a joint statement.
The freight platform is a proposed system to support international transport that uses more than one kind of transport. The announcement describes a concept for the platform, not one that is already operating. The trade plan is meant to carry out the SCO’s programme for trade and economic cooperation among its members over the next five years.
Other approved documents covered the organization’s 2027 budget. They also covered its 2025 financial report and rules for a database of industrial investment projects. At the meeting, Kyrgyzstan’s representative called for goods to move faster and transport costs to fall.
The representative highlighted projects including the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway. Kazakhstan’s prime minister said his country was ready to host the headquarters of a proposed SCO Development Bank. The announcements set out areas for cooperation.
But they did not say when the freight platform would be built or how it would work.