Supreme Court presidents and other senior judges from Shanghai Co-operative Organization (SCO) member states will meet next month to enhance judicial co-operation.

In total about 50 senior judges from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will discuss extradition procedures and cross-border action to fight the "three forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism.

"Judicial procedures will be the theme of the summit," said Wan E'xiang, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court.

"We will hold a lot of discussions on how to show justice in transnational crimes according to international treaties," he said.

Wan said that China already had several agreements with member states to extradite suspects and work together to fight terror groups.

He said the meeting would pay a lot of attention to working out how to strengthen agreements that are already in place.

Liu Hehua, a senior official in charge of foreign affairs with the Supreme People's Court, said more specific and detailed judicial arrangements would be made between China and SCO member states in the future.

He said China has more frequent judicial exchanges with Russia than other SCO members, adding that a total of six senior Russian judicial delegations have visited China in recent years.

"However the current exchanges still cannot meet the communication need, and the upcoming summit will set up a platform for judges to sit down for further co-operation," Liu said.

The judges will meet in Shanghai from September 20 to 22.

Earlier this month, China and Kazakhstan held a three-day joint anti-terror drill involving helicopter gunships and anti-riot vehicles. It was the first-ever joint anti-terror exercise between the two countries' law enforcement bodies and special forces within the SCO framework.

Source: China Daily