Kyrgyzstan SCO

In this photo provided by Kyrgyzstan's Presidential Press Office, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov, addresses a meeting on the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, July 24, 2026. (Sultan Dosaliev/Kyrgyzstan's Presidential Press Office via AP)

In this photo provided by Kyrgyzstan's Presidential Press Office, from left, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev, Indian Foreign Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yermek Kosherbayev, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirodjidin Aslov, Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov and Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Ularbek Sharsheev pose for a photo on the sidelines of a meeting on the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, July 24, 2026, backdropped by a portrait of famous Kyrgyz and Soviet writer Chinghiz Aitmatov. (Sultan Dosaliev/Kyrgyzstan's Presidential Press Office via AP)