Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Eurasian multilateral security organization
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| 2025 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting location and date to be announced |
| 2024 | Analysis indicated that the SCO has generally facilitated amicable China-Russia relations, with members remaining neutral in the Russo-Ukrainian war while strengthening cooperation with Russia. |
| 2024 | Laos applied for Dialogue partner status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
| October 15 2024 | Planned Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan |
| July 11 2024 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated in U.S. Newsweek that Turkey does not consider NATO membership an alternative to SCO and BRICS. |
| July 4 2024 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit continues in Astana, Kazakhstan |
| July 4 2024 | Belarus is set to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
| July 4 2024 | SCO Council of Heads of State meeting held, featuring representatives from 10 member states including Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. |
| July 3 2024 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit begins in Astana, Kazakhstan |
| July 3 2024 | Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev suggested Azerbaijan will likely become a full SCO member during a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Astana. |
| October 26 2023 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| September 2023 | The United Nations approved resolution A/77/L.107 on cooperation between the UN and SCO, with 80 countries voting in favor, 2 against (United States and Israel), and 47 abstentions. |
| July 15 2023 | Bahrain's dialogue partner status was approved. |
| July 4 2023 | Iran officially becomes a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
| May 5 2023 | Kuwait was granted dialogue partner status. |
| January 2023 | India, as SCO chair, invited Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Minister and Chief Justice to attend a meeting in Goa in May 2023. |
| 2022 | India participates in a videoconference meeting |
| 2022 | At the 22nd SCO summit, Turkish president stated Turkey would seek full SCO membership status. |
| November 1 2022 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting held via videoconference with China hosting |
| October 19 2022 | Iran hosted SCOCOEX, an international conference and exhibition on economic cooperation opportunities for SCO member states and partners. |
| September 16 2022 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit continues in Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
| September 16 2022 | Kuwait's dialogue partner status was approved. |
| September 16 2022 | Belarus begins its accession process to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
| September 15 2022 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit begins in Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
| September 14 2022 | Egypt was granted dialogue partner status. |
| June 2022 | Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari suggested creating a single SCO currency to facilitate trade and financial transactions. |
| January 1 2022 | Zhang Ming from China becomes the SCO Secretary-General, and Ruslan Mirzaev from Uzbekistan becomes the Director of SCO RATS Executive Committee. |
| 2021 | The 36th meeting of the Council of RATS decided to hold a joint anti-terror exercise called Pabbi-Antiterror-2021 in Pakistan. |
| 2021 | Turkmenistan becomes an observer of the Organization of Turkic States. |
| November 25 2021 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting held via videoconference with Kazakhstan hosting |
| September 2021 | Afghanistan's observer status became inactive in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
| September 17 2021 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan continues |
| September 17 2021 | Iran starts its process of joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
| September 16 2021 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan begins |
| September 16 2021 | Egypt's dialogue partner status was approved. |
| November 30 2020 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting held via videoconference with India hosting |
| November 10 2020 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation videoconference held |
| October 22 2020 | First SCO+ international inter-party forum 'Economy for People' held, with participants from 25 countries including Dmitry Medvedev, ministers from SCO countries, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, and diplomats from CIS and BRICS countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the forum. |
| 2019 | Meeting held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| 2019 | During the Bishkek summit, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan suggested trading in local currencies and establishing SCO financial institutions. |
| November 1 2019 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| June 15 2019 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit continues in Qingdao, China |
| June 14 2019 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit held in Qingdao, China |
| October 11 2018 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| June 2017 | SCO expands to eight member states with the inclusion of India and Pakistan. |
| June 9 2017 | India becomes a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
| 2016 | Political scientist Thomas Fingar revealed that China established the Shanghai Five primarily to limit Russia's ability to reassert its influence in Central Asia. |
| November 23 2016 | Turkey was granted chairmanship of SCO energy club for the 2017 period, becoming the first country to chair a club without full membership status. |
| November 21 2016 | European Parliament voted unanimously to suspend accession negotiations with Turkey. |
| June 2016 | India and Pakistan signed the memorandum of obligations in Tashkent, starting their joining process. |
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