On 17 May 2025 in Tehran, Nurlan Yermekbayev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, met with Asad M. Khan, Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization.
Asad M. Khan confirmed the readiness to further build ties between the two organizations in a wide range of areas, including sharing experience of cooperation in trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian realms.
The interlocutors reviewed the action plans for the current year and emphasized the need to achieve practical results within the framework of cooperation between the SCO and the ECO.
The SCO Secretary-General informed about the preparations for the Organization's summit in Tianjin, China, and about the implementation of the program of events that China is promoting as the Organization's chairman together with other member states.
The Memorandum of Understanding between the SCO Secretariat and the ECO Secretariat was signed on December 11, 2007 in Ashgabat. According to the document, the parties reached mutual understanding on cooperation in the fields of economy and trade; transportation, energy, ecology, tourism and other areas of mutual interest.