Meeting of Ministers of Internal Affairs and Public Security

The mechanism of the Meetings of Ministers of Internal Affairs and Public Security of the Member Statesof the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has been functioning since 2009.

To date, five meetings have been held under this mechanism:

- 18 May 2009, Yekaterinburg (Russian Federation);

- 28 April 2011, Astana (Republic of Kazakhstan);

- 5 June 2015, Dushanbe (Republic of Tajikistan);

- 18 August 2022, Tashkent (Republic of Uzbekistan);

- 5 June 2026, Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic).

The latest Meeting was attended by heads and senior officials of the ministries of internal affairs and public security of SCO member states, the SCO Secretary-General, the Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, as well as the Secretary-General of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and the Director of the Bureau for Coordination of the Fight against Organized Crime and Other Dangerous Types of Crimes on the Territories of CIS Member States.

The participants conducted a thorough exchange of views on the state of cooperation in the field of law enforcement and public security.

— Agreement on Cooperation among the Governments of the SCO Member States in Combatting Crime(11 June 2010, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan);

— Protocol on Amendments and Additions to the Agreement on Cooperation between the Governments of the SCO Member States in Combating Crime of 11 June 2010 (1 September 2026, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic).