SCO Summit 2026 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Current Context: The 26th Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State is scheduled to be held on 1 September 2026 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is hosting the summit as the SCO Chair for 2025–26, with President Sadyr Japarov leading the host country.

Key Points:

• The summit will focus on regional security, economic cooperation, connectivity, digital transformation and sustainable development among SCO member countries.
• A major security priority will be coordinated action against terrorism, separatism and extremism, which the SCO describes as the three major regional threats.
• Kyrgyzstan’s chairmanship theme is “25 Years of the SCO: Together Towards Sustainable Peace, Development, and Prosperity.”
• The summit will also discuss trade, investment, transport links, energy cooperation, cyber threats and people-to-people exchanges.
• The SCO currently has 10 full members: India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Belarus.
• The current SCO Secretary-General is Nurlan Yermekbayev.

Question

Q1. Which country is hosting the SCO Summit 2026 in Bishkek?
a) Kazakhstan
b) Uzbekistan
c) Kyrgyzstan
d) Tajikistan

Answer: c) Kyrgyzstan holds the SCO Chairmanship for 2025–26 and is hosting the summit in Bishkek on 1 September 2026.