On 29 January 2025, SCO Deputy Secretary-General Sohail Khan attended, via videoconference, the international roundtable discussion titled SCO: Towards a Healthy Society Without Drugs, organised by the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The Deputy Secretary-General spoke in his address about the Organisation’s efforts to combat drug trafficking and its commitment to preserving the international drug control system focused on precluding the legalisation of non-medical use of drugs and psychotropic substances.
Sohail Khan also briefed the participants on the SCO Anti-Drug Strategy for 2024−2029 adopted at the SCO Summit in Astana in 2024. He focused on the importance of tighter coordination of the member states’ collective efforts in combating drugs and related threats.