On 7 March 2025, Deputy Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Sohail Khan took part in an online panel session entitled Strengthening Trade Relations and Regional Economic Integration in North and Central Asia. The session was held as part of the Expert Group Meeting on Leveraging Transformative Potential of Trade and Trade Facilitation for Sustainable Development in North and Central Asia, organised by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
In his address, the Deputy Secretary General emphasised that the gradual transition to the free movement of goods, capital, technology and services remains one of the fundamental objectives of economic cooperation within the SCO framework.
UN ESCAP and the SCO have been partners since 2015.