A meeting of SCO Culture Ministers will be held on June 24-25 and SCO Culture Ministers will discuss the condition and perspectives of cultural exchanges and other issues of mutual interest, news agency Kabar reported.

“One of the important tasks of this meeting is development of multilateral and bilateral cultural relations in frames of the Organization, to assist in strengthening mutual understanding between peoples, maintenance variety of cultures, mutual respect, dissemination of knowledge and customs of peoples, living in the territory of SCO”, Sultan Rayev said.

Minister of culture and information of Kazakhsan Kul-Muhammed Muhtar Abraruly, minister of culture of China U. Tzai, minister of culture and information of Kyrgyzstan S. Rayev, minister of culture and mass communications of Russia Alexander avdeyev, minister of culture of Tajikistan Mirzoshohruh Asrori and deputy minister of culture and sports of Uzbekistan Bahtier Saidullaev will take part in the forum.

The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Sultan Rayev.