The 24th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan began in Astana. The main agenda of the summit held under the slogan "Strengthening multilateral dialogue: striving for sustainable peace and development" will be to strengthen the role of the SCO in solving current international and regional problems. Heads of state and government of 16 countries, as well as representatives of international organizations such as UN, IHTT, Islamic Organization for Food Safety, CIS, CSTO are participating in the SCO+ format summit. During the summit, Belaruv became the 10th full-fledged member of the SCO.