SCO Summit 2022 kicks off in Uzbekistan today: All you need to know

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is considered one of the most important conclaves in the Central Asian region

The 22nd Summit of the Council of Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States (SCO-CoHS) will kick off on Thursday, in Uzbekistan's Samarkand. This will be the first in-person summit since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

The SCO Summit will be attended by the leaders of SCO member states, observer states, secretary general of the SCO, executive director of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), president of Turkmenistan and other invited guests. 

What is SCO? 

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a political, economic, and security alliance of 8 nations, historically led by Russia and China. 

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