China’s head of state Xi Pinjing appeals to the SCO members to expand their cooperation. Terrorist and extremist forces must be prevented from disrupting regional security.
China’s head of state and party leader Xi Jinping has called on the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to intensify their cooperation.
In a speech on the second day of the group’s summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the President also called on the countries to “respect their respective core interests and chosen development paths”.
Xi Jinping spoke out in favor of the principle of equal treatment: “The big ones shouldn’t bully the small ones, the strong shouldn’t bully the weak,” the president was quoted as saying in China’s state media. The world today is anything but peaceful. The struggle between unity and division, cooperation and confrontation is getting stronger.
He called on the member countries to expand their security cooperation. Terrorist and extremist forces must be prevented from disrupting regional security. Trade must be encouraged and facilitated. Xi Jinping also promoted his infrastructure initiative to build a “new Silk Road”.
Also, the SCO organization should be expanded and improved as more and more countries want to join, Xi Jinping said in his speech. Founded in 2001 initially with a view to fighting terrorism, the group now includes China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
For the first time in three years, the summit was held in the presence of the heads of state and government. Because of the pandemic, they had recently only held virtual conferences. Iran, which has been an observer up to now, will also be admitted to the summit. The admission of Belarus, which like Mongolia still has observer status, is also being discussed. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey are classified as partners.
Source: Stern
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