On May 14, 2026, the twenty-third Meeting of the Prosecutors General of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held virtually under the chairmanship of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The meeting was attended by delegations from Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Russia, as well as representatives of the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure.
The meeting addressed issues related to the development of judicial and legal cooperation in the field of cross-border criminal justice, mutual legal assistance, dispute resolution, asset recovery, and combating extremism, terrorism, illicit drug trafficking, and other forms of transnational organized crime.
Following the meeting, the participants reaffirmed their readiness to strengthen practical cooperation among the prosecutorial authorities of the SCO Member States in combating cross-border organized crime, including improving the effectiveness of mutual legal assistance, combating money laundering, and ensuring the recovery of assets. They also set the goal of further pooling efforts and deepening comprehensive cooperation.
It was also decided to exchange, on a voluntary basis, legal and regulatory, reference, methodological, information and analytical, scientific, and other materials in the field of cross-border criminal cooperation and law enforcement practice. The participants agreed to expand cooperation among prosecutorial educational institutions of the SCO Member States in the areas of training and professional development of prosecutorial personnel, as well as to jointly hold meetings within the SCO framework aimed at further improving mutual legal assistance and emergency coordination mechanisms.
The meeting concluded in a spirit of friendship and full mutual understanding.
