On July 24, 2026, a regular meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (CMFA) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in Cholpon-Ata, the Kyrgyz Republic.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO Member States was held in Cholpon-Ata

The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus M.V. Ryzhenkov, Minister of State for External Affairs of the Republic of India Kirti Vardhan Singh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran A. Araghchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.B. Kosherbayev, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Zh.M. Kulubayev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan M.I. Dar, Permanent Member of the Security Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan S. Muhriddin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan B.O. Saidov, as well as SCO Secretary-General N.B. Yermekbayev and Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) U.Z. Sharsheyev.

On the eve of the ministerial meeting, the heads of foreign policy agencies of the SCO member states and permanent bodies of the Organization were received by President of the Kyrgyz Republic S. Japarov.

During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on pressing international and regional issues, as well as on the further development of the Organization.

Special attention was paid to the substantive preparation of the upcoming meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO member states (Bishkek, September 1, 2026). The drafts of the Bishkek Declaration on the 25th Anniversary of the SCO, a number of thematic statements by the leaders, and other documents and decisions were approved as a basis.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO Member States was held in Cholpon-Ata

Following the meeting, the Report of the SCO Secretary-General on the work of the Secretariat was approved, and the CMFA Statement was adopted.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO Member States was held in Cholpon-Ata

Upon the conclusion of the event, SCO Secretary-General N. Yermekbayev and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Zh. Kulubayev held a joint press conference.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO Member States was held in Cholpon-Ata
The meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO Member States was held in Cholpon-Ata