Kyrgyzstan hosts SCO summit
The 13th meeting of the Council of Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) Member States started in Bishkek on Sept.13.
The summit's agenda includes the issues of regional security after 2014, situation in Syria and the creation of SCO fund and bank.
The event is attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbek President Islam Karimov, as well as the heads of observer countries - Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia, and the Foreign Minister of India and Pakistan's Prime Minister's advisor on Foreign Policy.
During the meeting, Kyrgyzstan passed its chairmanship in the organization to Tajikistan.
The participants decided that the next meeting of the Council of Heads of the SCO Member States will take place in Tajikistan in 2014.
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