Off the wire
• Belarus is proud of allied relations with China: Belarusian president  • Roundup: Britain mounts charm campaign to dispel Brexit worries and assure investors  • Urgent: Jammeh agrees to step down, Gambian president Barrow says on Twitter  • Nigeria to train 200,000 youths on agriculture  • 2nd Ld: Donald Trump sworn in as 45th U.S. president  • Sudan hopes U.S. would continue lifting sanctions on Sudan as Trump sworn in  • Interpol launches project to fight wildlife crime in Africa, Asia  • New head of UN mission in South Sudan takes office  • Iraqi forces fight to defeat last IS strongholds in eastern Mosul  • UN says 12 mln face food insecurity in 3 East African countries  
You are here: 　 Home

SCO officials vow better cooperation

Xinhua, January 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

Officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members agreed on Friday to boost coordination and deepen pragmatic cooperation.

The agreement was reached during a consultation here by the SCO secretary-general, deputy foreign ministers from some members and heads of anti-terrorist organizations, including China's Assistant Foreign Minister Li Huilai.

The participants exchanged their views on the development of the organization under the new situation, agreeing that the consensus by the leaders of SCO members should be fully implemented.

They pledged to strengthen coordination of jointly maintaining regional security and stability, and to deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields to push for the healthy development of the SCO.

On the sidelines of the consultation, Li also met with Russian and Kazakh deputy foreign ministers respectively to discuss bilateral relations.

The SCO is an inter-governmental organization founded in Shanghai in 2001, including China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Enditem