SCO Summit leads to bouquet of declarations including economic strategy & deradicalisation

Following the meeting, the leaders signed the New Delhi Declaration and adopted a package of documents. In particular, the SCO Heads of State Council approved the SCO Economic Development Strategy to 2030; made the decisions on completing the procedure for admitting the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and granting it the status of an SCO member state; signed the Memorandum of Obligations of the Republic of Belarus in order to obtain the status of an SCO member state; and on announced the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, as the SCO Cultural and Tourism Capital in 2023–2024.

In addition, the SCO Heads of State Council approved the Concept of Cooperation between the SCO Member States to decarbonise transport and promote digital transformation and innovative technologies to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability.

The SCO Heads of State Council also adopted decisions on the Regulation on the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure and on the signing of a Memorandum between the SCO Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme.


The SCO Heads of State Council adopted statements on countering radicalisation leading to terrorism, separatism and extremism, and on cooperation in digital transformation