25th SCO Summit 2025 Held in Tianjin, China

25th SCO Summit 2025: Leaders Gather in Tianjin

On September 1, 2025, the 25th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State was held at the Meijiang International Convention and Exhibition Center under the chairmanship of the Chinas President Xi Jinping.

It was attended by President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Peseshkian, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon,

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan ShavkatMirziyoyev, SCO Secretary General NurlanYermekbayev and Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure Ularbek Sharsheev.

Discussions on Multilateral Cooperation and Future Prospects

A discussion took place on the prospects for the development of multilateral cooperation across the full spectrum of activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the areas of politics, security, trade, investment, energy, industry, sustainable development, new technologies, international and regional agendas, as well as questions concerning the improvement of the Organization’s work. Heads of delegations put forward a number of proposals and initiatives.

In his speech, the Secretary-General of the SCO highly valued the productive work under the Chinese chairmanship, which operated under the motto “Advancing the Shanghai Spirit: SCO in Action”. He put forward proposals for forming a coherent structure for the entire Organization, creating incentives for the development of investment and trade cooperation, and intensifying humanitarian exchanges.

20 Key Documents Signed at the 2025 SCO Summit in Tianjin

During the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Monday, 20 documents have been signed, Akorda reports.

The key documents signed as follows:

Tianjin Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO;
Resolution of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO on the adoption of documents following the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO:Development Strategy of the SCO until 2035;
- Cooperation program of the SCO member states in countering extremist ideology within the SCO space for 2026–2030;
- Roadmap for the implementation of the SCO energy cooperation development strategy until 2030;

Resolution of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO on granting the Lao People’s Democratic Republic dialogue a partner status with the SCO
Resolution of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO on granting the SCO an observer status within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS);
Resolution of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO on the SCO partner status;
Resolution of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO on declaring the city of Cholpon Ata, the Kyrgyz Republic, the tourist and cultural capital of the SCO for 2025–2026;
Resolution of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO on the powers of the SCO Secretary-General to sign documents:
- Protocol to the Agreement between the SCO and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the conditions of stay of the SCO Secretariat in the People’s Republic of China dated June 17, 2004;
- Memorandum of Understanding between the SCO Secretariat and the Roscongress Fund;

Resolution of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO on the approval of reports on the activities of the SCO over the past year:
- Report of the SCO Secretary-General on the activities of the SCO over the past year;
- Report of the Council of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure on the activities of the SCO RATS in 2024;
Agreement among the SCO Member States on the SCO Anti-Drug Centre;
Statement of the SCO Heads of State Council on cooperation in the field of green industry;
Statement of the SCO Heads of State Council on further deepening international cooperation in the field of Artificial Intelligence;
Statement of the SCO Heads of State Council on supporting the multilateral trading system;
Statement of the SCO Heads of State Council on effectively addressing and combating the global drug problem;
Statement of the SCO Heads of State Council on scientific, technical, and innovation cooperation;
Statement of the Heads of Authorized Ministries and Agencies of the SCO member states on strengthening
investment cooperation in the field of sustainable development;