Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states signed a 2026–2030 action plan for trade and economic cooperation and approved the organization’s 2027 budget at a meeting in Dushanbe on October 20.
The Council of Heads of Government meeting was chaired by Tajikistan and held in a limited format and an expanded format. The roadmap is meant to carry out the SCO’s existing program for trade and economic cooperation among multiple countries. Other decisions covered a report on work under that program, the organization’s 2025 budget accounts, and administrative matters.
The package also included an outline for a digital platform to support international freight transport using multiple types of transport. It also included rules for a database of industrial investment projects. Kyrgyz representative Daniyar Amangeldiev said priorities included moving goods faster, cutting transport costs, developing major infrastructure projects, and expanding cooperation in artificial intelligence.
Delegates also discussed broader economic cooperation. Representatives of Mongolia and Turkmenistan attended the expanded session. Accounts differed on the meeting’s number.
The SCO Secretariat called it the 24th session, while Kyrgyz government and media reports described it as the 25th.