Over 100 events held during Kazakhstan’s chairmanship in SCO

As the chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Kazakhstan has arranged over 100 major events aimed at strengthening multilateral ties among the SCO member states since July last year. The major ones included the SCO digital, tourism, and energy forums, which enabled the parties to expand opportunities for mutually beneficial collaboration and discuss important issues of cooperation, experts note. Also, key documents that will contribute to strengthening peace, security, and stable development in the region are expected to be adopted during the upcoming SCO summit.

«The very important document should be signed. The Astana Declaration, the Astana SCO Declaration, first of all, and the very important thing is the Kazakh initiative On World Unity for a Just Peace and Harmony. That is the idea, which should be the final bottom of the one year of being Kazakhstan as the leader of the SCO,» said political expert Alibek Tazhibayev.