President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan on Monday to participate in the summit of heads of states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries.

Heads of Uzbekistan, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan held an informal meeting on this day at Riviera palace.

During the meeting, they discussed issues of cooperation within the SCO, improvement of the organization?s activities, as well as regional and international problems.