
At the SCO meeting it was proposed to create an International Center for afforestation of the dried Aral Sea bed.
At the Fifth Meeting of Ministers and Heads of Agencies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States, attended by Mr. Zhang Ming, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and delegations from China, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Nysanbayev, proposed