On Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) should deepen mutual trust and resolve disputes and differences through dialogue and consultations, while firmly dealing with terrorist, separatist and extremist forces.
President Xi said that history has proven and will continue to prove that good-neighbourliness will prevail over a beggar-thy-neighbour approach, mutually beneficial cooperation will replace zero-sum game, and multilateralism will win over unilateralism.
He said: “We need to deepen solidarity and mutual trust, and resolve disputes and differences through dialogue and consultation,” to cement the political foundation for SCO’s development, in remarks in the backdrop of the over six-month-long military standoff between India and China in eastern Ladakh.
President Xi said: “We need to act on the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, address all forms of threats and challenges effectively, and foster a sound security environment in our region.”
He said: “We need to act on the vision of common, comprehensive and sustainable security, address all forms of threats and challenges effectively and foster a sound security atmosphere in our region.”
Countries of the SCO should “resolutely oppose external forces” interfering in their internal affairs under any pretext,” he said.
He said: “SCO members should firmly support countries concerned in law-based efforts to steadily advance major domestic political agenda. Firmly support countries in safeguarding political security and social stability and firmly oppose interference by external forces in the domestic affairs of SCO members under whatever pretext.”
“In order to cement the political foundation for SCO development it is important that we forestall terrorist, separatist and extremist attempts to exploit the pandemic for disruption, curb the proliferation of drugs, crack down on Internet-based propagation of extremist ideology, and deepen SCO members’ law-enforcement cooperation,” President Xi said.
He said: “It is important that we support biosecurity, data security and outer space security and engage in active communication and dialogue in this field.”
President Xi said: “Each civilisation is distinct and none is superior to others. We need to promote mutual learning between our civilisations and enhance good-neighbourliness and friendship between our countries. This allows us to enhance public support for the SCO’s long-term development.”
He said SCO member states need to enhance connectivity and integrated industrial supply and value chains for unimpeded economic circulation in the region.
