Tajikistan News 20 October 2026 11:17 (UTC +04:00)
Photo: Press Service of the President of Tajikistan
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 20. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on October 20 said his country is interested in closer cooperation with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in innovative technologies, artificial intelligence, and the training of highly qualified specialists.
Emomali Rahmon made the remarks at a meeting with heads of delegations from SCO member states who arrived in the Tajik capital for the meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government, the president’s press service said.
He noted that Tajikistan continues reforms aimed at developing strategic sectors of the economy and the private sector, improving conditions for business, and introducing digital technologies and innovations.
The president also stressed the need to steadily expand mutual trade and investment and to develop transport links, industrial cooperation, and green technologies.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization was founded in 2001 and grew out of the Shanghai Five, a format created in 1996 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Uzbekistan joined at the founding, and the group has since expanded to include India, Pakistan, Iran, and Belarus. Cooperation within the organization covers security, trade, investment, transport, energy, and humanitarian ties.
The Council of Heads of Government, one of its main bodies, focuses on economic and humanitarian cooperation and supports the implementation of decisions adopted by the leaders of member states. Tajikistan has been a member since the organization’s founding. The organization’s Secretariat is based in Beijing.