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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, November 19 (Xinhua) — The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an organization built on the principles of equality, mutual respect, and mutual benefit. It is a key force in reforming global governance and building a more equitable international order, according to Ekaterina Zaklyazminskaya, head of the Center for World Politics and Strategic Analysis at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"Many countries in the Global South, countries of the global majority, view the SCO as a platform where no one will exert any pressure on them, as is often the case in many Western international institutions. The SCO is an organization where everyone is heard and where the national interests of all participants are taken into account when making decisions on both a regional and global scale," E. Zaklyazminskaya said in an interview with Xinhua.
In her view, the SCO is a vital force in reforming the global governance system. From the very beginning, the organization has demonstrated a high degree of convergence of interests among its member states, developing and improving mechanisms for interaction based on the "Shanghai Spirit."
"The Chinese leader's initiative in global governance and the values espoused by the SCO are shared by many countries in the Global South, the global majority. These are the values that should form the foundation of a new, more just world order," the ICA RAS expert emphasized.
"We see how Western powers often try to act from a position of strength in pursuing their geopolitical goals, trying to impose their dictates, their 'rules,' on others," noted E. Zaklyazminskaya. "The Chinese Initiative on Global Governance and the 'Shanghai Spirit,' the principles on which the SCO is built, are based on taking into account the fundamental national interests of partner countries, national characteristics, and the cultural and historical differences of states."
“China, Russia, and other SCO countries are striving to build a more just world order,” she concluded. –0–
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