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New treaty to be signed by SCO important milestone: President Hu (2) |
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21:21, August 16, 2007 |
During the past year after the Shanghai summit, the cooperation among member states has registered further progress with enhanced political trust, deepened security cooperation, closer economic cooperation, and increased international influence.
"All these results have consolidated the foundation for the long-term and steady development of the SCO," Hu said.
Hu pointed out that there were still certain unharmonious and unstable elements in the world. "Unilateralism and power politics still exist, traditional and non-traditional threat is still severe, and economic globalization failed to bring benefits to the majority of developing countries," he said.
Even in the region of SCO members, certain interference can still be seen, such as terrorism, extremism, separatism, drug trafficking and rampant trans-national crime. "All these are detrimental to the common development of the SCO and harmony in the region," Hu said.
To ensure the development of the organization, Hu urged all sides to adhere to good-neighborliness and friendship and to earnestly implement the treaty in an effort to consolidate the political basis for the SCO.
"The most serious challenge we face is that whether all member states can effectively maintain their sovereignty, security and development," said Hu, stressing that such a matter is of "vital importance."
He urged all SCO members to coordinate with and support one another in line with the spirit of the treaty. "No matter what happened, we should proceed from regional peace and stability, the SCO''s long-term development and good-neighborliness and friendship among member states and properly deal with and resolve problems in accordance with the principles set forth in the SCO''s legal documents," he said.
He also called on all members to promote economic cooperation, strengthen cultural exchanges and expand cooperation with other countries and organizations.
Besides SCO member states, four observers, namely Mongolia, Iran, Pakistan and India, also attended the meeting.
Leaders from Afghanistan and Turkemanistan also attended the summit as special guests of the host nation, as well as representatives of international and regional organizations, including the United Nations.
Source: Xinhua
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