SCO chairmanship shifts from Russia to Uzbekistan
14:34, 16 June 2009
YEKATERINBURG. June 16. KAZINFORM. /Aigul Tulekbayeva/ The SCO chairmanship will shift from Russia to Uzbekistan. President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has made it public at the SCO Summit in Yekaterinburg today.
Chairmanship in the organization lasts for a year beginning from the moment of termination of the regular summit and ending with holding of the sitting of the SCO Heads of States Council on the territory of the chairman-in-office. Before the Dushanbe Summit in August 2008 the organization was chaired by Tajikistan. In 2008-2009 these functions have been fulfilled by Russia.