20 of May, the 29th meeting of the Ministers of Culture of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in Tashkent under the chairmanship of Uzbekistan.
It was attended by the State Minister of Culture of India Arjun Ram Megwal, Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan Dauren Abaev, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of China Zhao Quan, Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan Azamat Zhamankulovch, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Federal Education, Vocational Training, National Heritage and Culture of Pakistan Sajjad Ahmed, Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova, Minister of Culture of Tajikistan Zulfiya Davlatzoda, Minister of Culture of Uzbekistan Ozodbek Nazarbekov, and SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming.