SCO Universal Center for Countering Security Challenges and Threats to be based in Tashkent

A meeting of the Senate Committee of the Oliy Majlis on International Relations, Foreign Economic Relations, Foreign Investment and Tourism was held.

During the meeting, the committee conducted a preliminary review of the Law “On Ratification of the Agreement on the SCO Universal Center for Countering Security Challenges and Threats (Tianjin, September 1, 2025)”.

The agreement provides for the establishment of a Universal Center for Countering Security Challenges and Threats based on the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The center will be headquartered in Tashkent, while the Transnational Center for Combating Organized Crime will operate in Bishkek as a structural unit.

The agreement defines the center’s legal status, primary objectives and functions, the powers of its governing bodies – the Council and the Executive Committee – as well as financing arrangements, the legal status of its staff, privileges and immunities, and dispute resolution procedures.

Norgul Abduraimova, UzA