The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a key Eurasian security, development, and economic bloc that includes full members Belarus, China, Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It also has 16 partner nations, and is developing as a significant Eurasian power bloc. Explore business opportunities within the SCO economic framework. Analysis of trade facilitation, joint projects, and economic cooperation among member states for regional business expansion.
BREAKING NEWS: Wednesday August 7Vladimir Putin has reportedly told Iran to avoid civilian casualties in any retaliatory attack on Israel for the assassination of the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s Security Council Secretary, has arrived in Iran for discussions with Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Ahmadian, and the Chief of […]
Pakistan has outlined a strategic rail map to engage with Russia and connect the two nations via railway networks and secure trade routes by circumventing the threat of US sanctions. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has endorsed this proposal, and revealed that its government was developing a three-pronged strategy including government-to-government (G2G) frameworks and projects, […]
A Russian State Duma delegation led by its Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has arrived in Algeria for a working visit, with Volodin having negotiations with Algerian National Assembly President Ibrahim Boughali. Algeria has recently expressed interest in joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as well as the BRICS group. Algeria is the world’s fifth largest gas, and […]
Several countries want to upgrade their relations with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the group’s Secretary-General Zhang Ming has stated. The SCO is a multifunctional trade, security and geopolitical alliance formed in 2001 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, primarily to deal with the repercussions of the United States and NATO invasion of […]
Discussions concerning the development of a new, potential BRICS currency have been on-going for some time, yet have intensified in recent months due to several Heads of States meetings taking place that have actively discussed and committed research into the issue. A trend is emerging in the modern geopolitical landscape: large international associations such as […]
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The BRICS tenth parliamentary forum has been taking place in St. Petersburg, with major structural changes being discussed to manage the blocs development. Russia is the current chair of the forum, which was presided over by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. He stated that “Thus far, BRICS does not have its own institutionalized parliamentary structure. […]
Anton Alikhanov, the Russian Industry and Trade Minister, has stated that mutual trade between Russia and the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) surged by 25% in 2023, reaching US$333 billion. The SCO completed their annual Heads of State meetings in Astana last week. This means that Russia’s trade with the SCO equates to […]
Akylbek Japarov, the Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister, has said that Kyrgyzstan and Russia intend to increase mutual trade by 70% to reach US$5 billion a year in the medium term. Japarov stated that “There is good potential for this. Last year, our trade was US$3 billion, and in four months of this year trade it has […]
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has held trilateral meetings with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of State meetings in Astana. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that “During a substantive conversation, they exchanged views on enhancing trilateral cooperation in […]
Islamabad proposes trade barter system to overcome financial difficulties Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan’s Astana. Trade between Russia and Pakistan is growing, and Russia is willing to increase supplies of energy and agricultural produce to Islamabad, […]
Russia – Kazakhstan bilateral trade is growing steadily, and has already reached almost US$30 billion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during meetings with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State summit held in Astana. Russia remains one of the main trade and economic partners for Kazakhstan, Putin said, adding “We […]
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