On 20 October 2026, the 25th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in Dushanbe under the chairmanship of Tajikistan.
The heads of delegations were received by President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
The restricted-format meeting was attended by: Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Turchin; Minister of Defence of the Republic of India Rajnath Singh; First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Reza Aref; Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov; Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang; First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic Daniyar Amangeldiev; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar; Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin; Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda; Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov; SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev; and Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Ularbek Sharsheev.
The participants held an in-depth exchange of views on the directions of transformation of the global economic architecture. The heads of delegations undertook a substantive review of the prospects for strengthening the SCO's economic dimension, paying particular attention to the practical aspects of cooperation and to enhancing the Organisation's effectiveness in light of current challenges.
The meeting of the delegations of the Organisation's member states in an expanded format was attended by the heads of government of Mongolia and Turkmenistan, the Secretary General and the Director of the RATS SCO Executive Committee, as well as representatives of the SCO Business Council and the SCO Interbank Consortium. The participants discussed current priorities of the trade, economic and cultural-humanitarian agenda, including through the use of the potential of international partners.
Addressing the meeting, SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev reviewed the outcomes of the Bishkek Summit (1 September of this year) in the context of the economic agenda. It was emphasised that concrete agreements have already been reached in a number of priority areas. It was noted, in particular, that the establishment of the SCO Development Bank is intended to broaden opportunities for identifying and financing promising multilateral projects.
Nurlan Yermekbayev also stressed the need to improve the effectiveness of the SCO's specialised mechanisms, on which the efficiency of the Organisation's work depends.
The meeting heard reports by authorised representatives on the activities of the Business Council and the Interbank Consortium of the SCO for 2025–2026.
The heads of government of the SCO member states adopted a Joint Communiqué and signed a number of decisions, including on the implementation of the Programme of Multilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation and on the development of cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including industry and transport. The Organisation's budget for 2027 was approved.
The chairmanship of the Council of Heads of Government passed to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and it was agreed that the next meeting will be held in that country in 2027.
Following the meeting, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda and SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev briefed representatives of national and foreign media on its results.
