Meeting of the SCO Member States Ministers Responsible for Foreign Economic and Foreign Trade Activities

On 28 September 2022, China chaired the 21st Meeting of the SCO Member States Ministers Responsible for Foreign Economic and Foreign Trade Activities.

In his video address, SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming noted that, against the backdrop of confrontationist trends gaining momentum in the world, the task of the SCO member states' joint response to global challenges and threats, efforts to consistently strengthen their cohesion, to fill practical cooperation with real content and to turn contemporary challenges into opportunities were becoming particularly important.

The meeting participants reviewed the implementation of the Programme for Multilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation between SCO Member States, exchanged opinions on the current status of multilateral business and investment partnership in the SCO region and its development prospects.

The ministers adopted a statement on supporting the multilateral trade system.