MOSCOW, October 19. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will take part in the 25th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government in Tajikistan’s capital of Dushanbe on October 19-20, the cabinet’s press service said.

The heads of government will discuss issues related to the development of trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation, as the organization marks its 25th anniversary.

"Special attention will be paid to implementing the agreements reached at the organization's summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026, as well as the 2035 SCO Development Strategy," the Russian cabinet specified.

The meeting’s outcome will be reflected in a joint communique. The participants are also expected to adopt a concept for establishing a unified digital platform to manage multimodal ground freight traffic and approve an initiative to facilitate high-quality, sustainable development of international rail transportation between SCO member states.