The event, which traditionally gathers politicians, experts, diplomats, heads of major companies and journalists from the West and the East, has been held in Verona, Italy, for 14 years, even at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Belarus is set to carry out the process of joining the SCO as quickly as possible, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh told the media.
According to the professor, the conference addressed a wide range of topical issues, from discussion of the functioning of international organizations to profound philosophical generalizations about the existential nature of challenges to humanity unseen since World War II.