SCO Secretary-General meets Ambassador of Sri Lanka in China

On March 2, 2026, in Beijing, the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Nurlan Yermekbayev, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the People’s Republic of China, Majintha Jayesinghe. 

The Ambassador reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s interest in the further progressive development of interaction with the SCO and conveyed to the Secretary-General an invitation from the leadership of Sri Lanka to pay an official visit to the country. The Secretary-General noted that the SCO intends to intensify practical cooperation with its dialogue partners, which include Sri Lanka. 

The parties exchanged views on the prospects for expanding contacts between the SCO and Sri Lanka on a wide range of issues of mutual interest, including cooperation in the areas of economy, humanitarian cooperation, and tourism. The meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere. The Memorandum on granting Sri Lanka the status of an SCO dialogue partner was signed in 2010 and defines the main areas of interaction between the parties.