More than 80 events were held within the framework of the OSCE Chairmanship of Uzbekistan

Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and interregional studies under the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bobur Usmanov expressed his opinion about the 22nd summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, which will be held on September 15-16.

Since the transition of the presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to Uzbekistan, attention has been paid to such work as trying to look for truly new, advanced ideas for the development of the organization, the use of previously unused resources. The fundamental approach of Uzbekistan to the issue of updating the SCO agenda, taking into account the new world trends, was clearly manifested in the issues of the Uzbek side's initiatives to improve a number of sectors: trade and Economic Cooperation, technology and industry, transport interconnection, “green” and the digital economy.

The development of new proposals, pragmatism and mutual interest, taking into account the interests of all countries, has become a fundamental principle. In this regard, in all respects, the plan of Uzbekistan to preside over the SCO was fully implemented. We held more than 80 events, of which 30 were at the level of heads of relevant ministries and departments. As a result, 30 national coordinators agreed on a solid package of conceptual documents. The project of the main political document approved by our chairmanship of the summit of heads of SCO member states — the Samarkand declaration reflects the “strengthening of the positions of countries on systemic and most pressing issues of regional and regional cooperation.”

This time, at the summit, the heads of all member states of the organization and SCO observer states such as Belarus, Iran and Mongolia will take part in the work of the meeting of the Council of Heads of State, which will be held in Samarkand. In addition, the summit is expected to be attended by the leaders of a number of countries invited as guests. Among them are the presidents of Turkiye and Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister of Armenia.

At the same time, representatives of International and regional organizations, in particular the UN, UNESCO, CIS, CSTO, EAEU and other heads of states, who have established official ties, will also take part in the summit. Within the framework of the summit, bilateral meetings of the heads of SCO member states and international organizations are planned. I am sure that these days the attention of the entire world community will be focused on the event in Uzbekistan.