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title: "SCO Astana Declaration 2024: Summit Outcomes"
description: "The SCO Astana Declaration (2024) is the 24th SCO summit communiqué adopted in Kazakhstan, admitting Belarus as the 10th member and setting the 2024-25 agenda."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The SCO Astana Declaration is the consensus communiqué adopted at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's 24th Heads of State Council summit held in Kazakhstan on 4 July 2024.
- Why did Prime Minister Modi skip the 2024 Astana summit?
- What was the most significant outcome of the Astana Declaration?
- Is the SCO Astana Declaration legally binding?
- How does the SCO differ from BRICS despite overlapping membership?

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The SCO Astana Declaration is the consensus communiqué adopted at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's 24th Heads of State Council summit held in Kazakhstan on 4 July 2024.

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1. 4 July 2024

   The SCO Astana Declaration is the consensus communiqué adopted at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's 24th Heads of State Council summit held in Kazakhst…

2. 7 June 2002

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At the Astana summit on 4 July 2024, the SCO admitted Belarus as its tenth full member, while India was represented not by Prime Minister Modi but by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

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