# Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit kicks off in Kyrgyzstan’s capital

https://mins.news/en/item/39735

- TASS, 2026-09-01 04:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2180161

> The main session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of State has opened in Bishkek. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov is greeting arriving leaders and has already met Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders are set to review 25 years of SCO activity and discuss stronger cooperation in politics, security, the economy and humanitarian affairs, along with international and regional issues.

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