It is expected that defense ministers of Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, as well as the SCO Secretary-General Muratbek Imanaliev and the SCO RATS Executive Directof Jenisbek Jumanbekov will attend the meeting.

During the event, it is planned to discuss international and regional security, further expansion of cooperation of the defense ministries of the SCO member states.

SCO has been founded in 2011 on initiative of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan. SCO observers are India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan.

The main tasks of the regional organization is to strengthen stability and security in the member states, fighting terrorism, separatism, extremism, illegal drug turnover, development of economic and energy partnership, scientific and cultural dialogue.