The parties exchanged views on the efforts of their states to establish interaction with interested international organisations on countering the threats of terrorism and narcotics, in particular the expansion of SCO’s dialogue with the EU and OSCE over the issue. The parties took note of the Secretariat report on the development of SCO’s links with international organisations in 2007 - 2008.

The parties took into account the Russian proposal concerning a possibility of inviting the EU and OSCE to participate in a special SCO conference on Afghanistan.

Proceeding from the experience of bilateral interaction of their states with the European Union, the parties backed the idea to jointly outline potential areas of cooperation with the EU, including the economic field, with due consideration for the SCO mandate.

The parties heard a report of the representative of the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan concerning preparations for holding presidency of the OSCE in 2010 and formulation of its priorities, as well as a presentation of the Kazakh side of the state programme "Path to Europe" for 2009 - 2011.

The parties took note of a report of the Uzbek side concerning Uzbekistan’s initiative on the expediency of resumption of the process of negotiations on achieving peace and stability in Afghanistan in the framework of the United Nations Group on Afghanistan "6+2".

The parties noted the importance of the consultations on the issue of interaction with the OSCE and European Union and backed the idea to hold more consultations in future.