President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon left for Samarkand this morning to attend the summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries, which will be held on September 15-16, Asia-Plus was informed in the press service of the head of state.
On this trip, the President is accompanied by Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhridin, as well as heads of other ministries and departments.в
In accordance with the agenda of the summit, the heads of state will discuss issues of further deepening multifaceted and mutually beneficial cooperation within the SCO, as well as exchange views on topical regional and international issues.
It is planned to sign 28 documents prepared earlier for signing at the 22nd summit of the leaders of the SCO member states.
Among the documents are concepts and programs to stimulate intra-regional trade, industrial cooperation and transport connectivity.
Joint projects and events in the fields of the “green” economy, innovations, digital technologies, logistics, agriculture, medicine and other areas are also under development.
At the summit in Samarkand, it is planned to “sign memorandums on granting a dialogue partnership to Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, as well as making decisions on the start of the procedure for admission to the SCO of Belarus and granting Bahrain (and the Maldives) the status of a dialogue partner".
