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On July 3–4 the 24^th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held in Astana. The heads of ten Eurasian states (Russia, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) gathered to discuss the most pressing issues of international cooperation. What agreements have been reached, what is the SCO today, what is its role in regional security and why are more and more countries seeking to obtain membership?

On 1-2 February 2024, an enlarged meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council was held in Almaty, which resulted in a vector for the development of the Eurasian partnership both within the EAEU and in the expansion of the partnership between this organisation and the SCO. The success of the meeting and its profound symbolism seem obvious – however, political and economic ties in the Eurasian space are developing intensively not only on the multilateral “track”…

On July 4, the 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) since its founding in 2001 took place in New Delhi via video conference. Following is a list of the participating countries in the order that their heads of state signed the final “Declaration,” which was adopted at the start of the event: India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. They were joined by Iran, which was one of the main results of this summit. In the author’s opinion, its significance is rather conditioned by the context of the current stage…