On 10 July in Yekaterinburg, Russia, SCO Deputy Secretary-General Sohail Khan took part, at the invitation of the Russian side, in the round table discussion on industrial cooperation of the SCO member states in the era of global challenges within the framework of the INNOPROM 2023 industrial fair and delivered a welcome speech.
The SCO Deputy Secretary-General met with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexei Gruzdev. In the course of their conversation, he stressed the SCO Secretariat's unwavering commitment to the consistent promotion of industrial cooperation within the Organisation, including implementing the Programme to Stimulate Industrial Cooperation between the business communities of the SCO member states and drafting Regulations on the Establishment of a Data Bank for Industrial Investment Projects and Regulations on the Organisation of Congress and Exhibition Events under the auspices of the Meeting of SCO Industry Ministers.