Russia seeks to host next meeting of SCO heads of state council

"Russia has proposed to host the next meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO and now intensive preparations are underway," he said.

According to Itar-Tass, he noted that the meeting will mainly focus on economic and humanitarian cooperation.

"Heightened attention will be given to these two areas in the SCO's activities along with security issues such as the fight against terrorism, drug trafficking and other transnational crimes," Barsky said.

The upcoming meeting will allow discussing the situation in the global economy and the economy of SCO member-states and drawing the guidelines for its recovery.

It is expected that heads of state will sign a joint communiqué and some other documents.

The SCO includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The SCO observer nations are India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia, while Sri Lanka and Belarus have the status of dialogue partners in the SCO.

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