The 12th meeting of the Forum of Shanghai Cooperation Organization is organized by the Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is attended by experts from leading research centers of the SCO member states Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and observer countries India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Belarus, as well as representatives of the Secretariat and the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Antiterrorist Structure, diplomatic corps accredited in Uzbekistan.