Press release on the results of the SCO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting
29 July 2022 13:06
1567-29-07-2022
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (SCO MFA) on July 28-29 in Tashkent.
The agenda of the meeting focused on preparations for the meeting of the SCO Heads of States Council to be held in Samarkand in September. The summit is to consider the state of multilateral cooperation and prospects for its further development, and identify priorities and practical measures to step up SCO's activities at the current stage. Particular attention will be paid to the enhancement of the organisation's role in world affairs in the light of the current geopolitical realities.
The ministers reviewed the progress in drafting the documents of the SCO HSC, which, when adopted and further implemented will give a qualitatively new impetus to interaction in politics, security, the economy and humanitarian relations. The common positions of member states will be set out in the Samarkand Declaration. They are planning to sign memorandums of understanding on Iran's pledges to become a member state and on granting dialogue partner status to Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. They also plan to adopt decisions on commencing the procedure of admitting Belarus to the SCO and granting Bahrain (and the Maldives) dialogue partner status.
The heads of foreign ministries discussed key regional and global issues, and on Russia's initiative, adopted a Joint Statement on Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in the format of parties concerned.
Sergey Lavrov also held a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event.
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