Meeting of the SCO Defence Ministers

On 28 July 2021, Dushanbe (Republic of Tajikistan) will host the regular meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states.

The meeting will be attended by the heads of the defence departments of the SCO member states.

The Belarusian delegation will be headed by the Defence Minister Lt. Gen. Viktor Khrenin. Since 2015, the Republic of Belarus has an observer status in the Organisation.

In accordance with the agenda, the parties will discuss a number of issues in the military sphere, as well as exchange views on the challenges and threats to regional and international security of the SCO member states and measures to neutralise them.

It is planned to hold bilateral meetings of the Belarusian Defence Minister with a number of foreign defence departments’ heads.