SCO to open transnational crime center in Bishkek
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization will open a center in Bishkek to counter transnational organized crime, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov announced at the September 1 SCO summit. Kyrgyzstan has prepared the building and infrastructure for the center, which will be the organization's first permanent body in the country. The decision came as Kyrgyzstan handed over the SCO chairmanship to Pakistan.
Key Facts
- The center will be the first permanent SCO structure in Kyrgyzstan.
- Kyrgyzstan has prepared the building and necessary infrastructure for the center.
- The center will coordinate law enforcement cooperation among SCO member states, including joint operations, information exchange, and specialist training.
- The SCO summit concluded with the signing of 28 documents.
- Kyrgyzstan transferred the SCO chairmanship to Pakistan at the end of the summit.
Center Mandate
The Bishkek center will coordinate interaction among law enforcement agencies of SCO member states. Its tasks include conducting joint operations and exercises, exchanging operational information, locating members of criminal groups, disrupting money-laundering channels, and training specialists. The center will be part of the Universal Center for Countering Challenges and Threats to Security, which is being established on the basis of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure. President Japarov stated that Kyrgyzstan is ready to ensure the start of the new structure's work.
Summit Decisions
The heads of state signed 28 documents at the conclusion of the meeting. Kyrgyzstan proposed accelerating the creation of the SCO Development Bank and using the special financial investment territory 'Tamchy' for joint projects. President Japarov emphasized that the organization should remain free from bloc thinking and confrontation and serve as a platform for strengthening trust, peace, and stability. Kyrgyzstan completed its SCO chairmanship and transferred it to Pakistan.
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SCO to open transnational crime center in Bishkek
