On September 24, 2025, in New York, USA, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Nurlan Yermekbayev held a videoconference meeting with Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
The Special Representative provided information on the development of the situation in Afghanistan and the measures being taken to assist that country in maintaining peace and stability.
Nurlan Yermekbayev, for his part, shared the consolidated position of the SCO member states on the Afghan issue, as set out in the Tianjin Declaration of the Council of Heads of the Organization's Member States adopted on September 1, 2025.
An agreement was reached to maintain regular contacts between the SCO Secretariat and the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.