Pariksha SaathiRajnath Singh to represent India at 25th SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Dushanbe
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will represent India at the 25th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 19-20 October 2026, the Ministry of Defence said on 18 October. The meeting will focus on multilateral cooperation among SCO member states in trade, economy, investment, connectivity, innovation and cultural-humanitarian exchanges, review ongoing initiatives and consider decisions on the Organisation's financial and institutional functioning. India contributes through initiatives on start-ups and innovation, digital public infrastructure and people-to-people exchanges. The previous CHG meeting was held in Moscow on 18 November 2025, where External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar represented India.
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Learning context
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s history began on 15 June 2001, when the heads of six countries decided to establish it at their meeting in Shanghai, China. It now has ten member states. Its two permanent bodies are the Secretariat in Beijing and the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), whose Executive Committee is in Tashkent; the Secretariat began work on 15 January 2004. Its councils include the Council of Heads of State and the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers).
Reference: SCO Secretariat, About the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Check yourself: who represented India at the previous CHG meeting, and where?
External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, at Moscow on 18 November 2025.
Revision task: from this release, note the meeting number, host city and dates, India’s representative and the focus areas, and keep them apart from the standing facts about the SCO above.
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Where is the 25th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government being held on 19-20 October 2026?
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Answer: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will represent India at the 25th CHG meeting in Dushanbe; the previous one was held in Moscow on 18 November 2025.
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