President Ts. Elbegdorj arrived in Tashkent
from Istanbul yesterday to participate as observer at a meeting of the council
of heads of states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The Prime Minister
of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, welcomed him at the airport.

The SCO summit will be held under the chairmanship of the President of
Uzbekistan. The leaders are expected to consider issues of further development
of SCO, improvement of activity of its bodies, political, economic and
humanitarian cooperation of member states, strengthening SCO’s ties with
international and regional organizations, as well as problems related to
security and other issues.