SCO Tianjin Summit 2025

The SCO Tianjin Summit 2025 is the 25th Heads of State Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which will be held in the autumn of 2025 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China. It will be the fifth time that China hosts the annual SCO summit. ^[1]

Expected leaders

•   Belarus – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
•   China – President of China and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping ^[a] (host)
•   India – Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar
•   Iran – President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
•   Kazakhstan – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
•   Kyrgyzstan – President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
•   Pakistan – Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif
•   Russia – President of Russia Vladimir Putin
•   Tajikistan – President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
•   Uzbekistan – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Notes

1. The president of China is legally a ceremonial representative with no real power, but the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (de facto leader in one-party communist state) has always held this office since 1993 except for the months of transition.

References

1. "王毅：中国将在天津主办上海合作组织2025年峰会 [Wang Yi: China will host the SCO Summit in Tianjin 2025]". 中华人民共和国外交部网站 [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-03-13.