Samarkand SCO summit: What's on the agenda

Shared future for mankind

The SCO is expected to continuously uphold the "Shanghai Spirit", commit itself to building a closer SCO community with a shared future, and make greater contributions to lasting peace and the common development of the world.

The summit will issue the Samarkand Declaration, which will be a comprehensive political declaration on the SCO's position on international politics, economy and a range of other aspects.

The participants will also discuss climate change, and the security of supply chains, energy and food, which are factors having great influence on the well-being of all humankind.

The SCO countries have been supporting the further improvement of global economic governance, agreeing to deepen cooperation in building an open world economy.

They also underlined the importance of further developing cooperation in a wide range of fields including culture, healthcare, education, science and technology, tourism, environment protection, mass media and sports.