From April 9 to 11, 2025, in Tianjin, China, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Sohail Khan, participated in the 9th meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) of SCO member states on investment promotion and in the Conference on Industrial Cooperation for Sustainable Development "China-SCO".
During the opening ceremony, Sohail Khan emphasized that, as established in the decision of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization from July 4, 2024, " the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Initiative on Global Unity for a Just Peace, Harmony and Development," the fundamental task is to consistently defend an open, transparent, fair, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral a trading system that promotes the development of the global economy. Protecionist measures and trade restrictions should be resisted. Today, this initiative is becoming increasingly relevant.
The Deputy Secretary-General noted that the deepening of regional investment cooperation and the unveiling of developmental potential are common aspirations of the member states of the SCO, serving as keys to achieving regional prosperity and stability. On the platform of the Investment Promotion Working Group, the member states of the Organization are gradually creating mechanisms for coordinating investment policies, concluding bilateral and multilateral agreements for the purpose of creating a more comfortable environment for cross-border investments. An important goal is to transform the potential advantages of the SCO region, including economic complementarity, into a factor promoting effective sustainable development.
Representatives from Belarus, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan participated in the meeting of the Investment Promotion Working Group; representatives from India and Pakistan joined online. There was an exchange of views on the state of the investment climate and measures to improve it, consultations on documents initiated by the parties, and discussions of several related issues.
On the sidelines of the event, Sohail Khan gave interviews to the media.