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SCO Secretary-General meets with Austrian and Chinese academia

01-09-2019: SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov had a meeting at the SCO Secretariat with President of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy, former Defence Minister of Austria Werner Fasslabend, and Secretary General of Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament An Yuejun. The meeting was devoted to the prospects of stepping up academic ties between think tanks in the SCO, EU and OSCE countries on peace and security matters. http://eng.sectsco.org/news/20190903/572036.html

Helsinki hosts meeting on expanded SCO-UNWTO cooperation

02-09-2019: SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov met with Executive Director of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Zhu Shanzhong during his visit to Helsinki where he attended a summit of the World Tourism Cities Federation. During their conversation, Mr Norov and Mr Shanzhong exchanged opinions on further expanding practical cooperation between both organisations under the June 2019 memorandum of understanding, signed on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek. http://eng.sectsco.org/news/20190905/572892.html

SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov meets with Helsinki Mayor Jan Vapaavuori

03-09-2019: SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov met with Helsinki Mayor Jan Vapaavuori on the sidelines of the summit of the World Tourism Cities Federation.The SCO Secretary-General thanked the Mayor for inviting him to attend the summit of the World Tourism Cities Federation. He praised the successes of Helsinki in the area of smart technology, education, tourism and environmental protection. "Your city earned a well-deserved first place in the European Capital of Smart Tourism 2019 competition. http://eng.sectsco.org/news/20190905/572900.html

SCO Secretary-General discusses smart tourism cooperation with Tencent Culture and Tourism General Manager

06-09-2019: SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov held a meeting with General Manager of Tencent Culture and Tourism Shu Zhan on the sidelines of the World Tourism Cities Federation Summit (WTCF) in Helsinki.Vladimir Norov praised Tencent Culture and Tourism for creating a number of smart tourism projects over a short period of time and successfully implementing them in popular tourism cities. http://eng.sectsco.org/news/20190906/574318.html

SCO Secretariat attends the 2nd Moscow Conference against Illicit Arms Trafficking

07-09-2019: Moscow hosted the 2nd high-level International...