5 Dec 2012 14:30

Several documents signed at SCO summit

BISHKEK. Dec 5 (Interfax) - The heads of governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries have approved the organization's budget for 2013.

The prime ministers of the SCO countries, including Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, have signed a document to this effect at a meeting in Bishkek.

The meeting participants also signed a statement on the SCO Development Fund, a joint communique, and some SCO reports.

The customs service heads of the SCO countries also signed a memorandum of cooperation in the protection on intellectual property rights and a protocol to the agreement on interaction in the provision of assistance in dealing with the consequences of emergencies.