Aleksandr Lukashenko outlined key issues for the SCO

The meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has ended in China. SCO leaders, including President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, spoke at the event. In his speech, the Belarusian leader highlighted key issues for the further development of the organization: Eurasian security, trade without barriers, the opening of new transport corridors, as well as science and innovation. As a result, the participants signed 20 documents. Among them are the Tianjin Declaration and the SCO development strategy until 2035. The leaders also declared the Kyrgyz city of Cholpon Ata the tourist and cultural capital of the SCO this year and next. In addition, the summit hosted a symbolic opening ceremony of the SCO anti-drug center and the universal center for countering challenges and threats to the security of the organization's member states.