Representatives of the SCO Secretariat participated in a round table discussion titled China - SCO Media, organised by CGTN Media Corporation of China on 3 July 2024, in Astana.
The main focus was on enhancing media relations among the member states of the Organisation. An initiative was introduced to deepen pragmatic cooperation between the Chinese Media Corporation and the media of the SCO countries. This initiative aims to promote the Our Shanghai Spirit project and establish a cooperative mechanism for the Eurasian Partnership in the media sector.
Among the meeting participants were the head of CGTN, Shen Haixiong; Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Kanat Iskakov; First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Andrey Denisov; General Director of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) Oleg Dobrodeyev (via video); Managing Director of the Jibek Joly/Silk Way TV channel Erkezhan Kuntugan; First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Second National TV Channel of Belarus Dmitry Bochkov (via video); General Director of the Kazinform news agency Askar Dzhaldinov; and former SCO secretaries-general Bolat Nurgaliev and Vladimir Norov.