SCO members to approve energy co-op strategy in Astana

The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will approve an energy cooperation strategy at the organization's summit in July in Astana, SCO Deputy Secretary General Sohail Khan said at the International Economic Forum of the CIS countries, Report informs via TASS.

"We have a strategy for economic cooperation until 2030, which we adopted last year in New Delhi. We are also discussing an energy strategy, which we will approve soon in Astana this year," Khan noted.

He also pointed at great prospects for cooperation between the SCO and CIS countries, especially in the field of transport.

"China, Russia, as well as Kazakhstan already have a fairly developed infrastructure in the field of all types of transport since the times of the Soviet Union and after the Soviet period, but it can still be improved, connected with each other, as well as with other SCO members such as Iran, India and Pakistan," the deputy added.

The next summit of the organization will be held on July 3-4 in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.