SHANGHAI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived here Tuesday evening for the upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) slated for Thursday.

"I wish the summit a good work," Nazarbayev said upon his arrival at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

Nazarbayev is the first foreign head of state who came for the SCO summit meeting in Shanghai, the birthplace of the regional organization.

The SCO, established in June 2001, also comprises China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Other foreign presidents of SCO member states are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday.

The presidents of Mongolia, Pakistan and Iran, as well as Indian president's representative will also attend the meeting. The SCO accepted Mongolia, Iran, Pakistan and India as observers in 2004 and 2005.

The summit will review the developments of the organization over the past five years, analyze international and regional situations, study the organization's future development and outline cooperation plans, Chinese President Hu Jintao said at the end of May during a joint interview with media representatives from the six SCO member states.

Hu will preside over the summit and deliver a key-note speech on China's policies toward the SCO and its suggestions on the organization's development.

On the sidelines of the summit, Hu will meet with the presidents of SCO members, and participants in the summit from observer countries.

A conference marking the founding of SCO businessmen commission and a high-level industrial and commercial conference will also beheld during the SCO summit.

The summit is expected to issue a fifth anniversary declaration, together with documents on the SCO secretariat and other issues of common concern. Enditem