Chinese FM: SCO Can Play Bigger Role in Ensuring Regional Peace and Stability

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

TIANJIN, July 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) can play a bigger role in maintaining regional peace and stability and promoting development and revival.

Wang Yi, also a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, made the statement in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin during a meeting with SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev.

Expressing gratitude to the SCO Secretary General for his dedication since taking office, Wang Yi noted that Nurlan Yermekbayev has made an active contribution to promoting the implementation of the consensus reached by the leaders of the SCO member states, and has also established good working relations with various departments of China.

Wang Yi said that the SCO, which is the largest comprehensive regional organization in terms of population and geographic coverage and has great potential, has attracted more and more attention from the international community and can play a more important role in maintaining regional peace and stability and promoting development and revival.

The SCO can contribute to the formation of a new type of international relations and the building of a community of shared destiny for humanity, he added.

Wang Yi noted that the Secretariat is the most important permanent body of the SCO. According to him, under the leadership of the SCO Secretary General, the Secretariat will play a more significant role in ensuring the effective functioning of the organization, coordinating the actions of all parties and enhancing the authority of the organization.

China will continue to support and facilitate the work of the SCO Secretariat, he added.

Wang Yi said that China has hosted more than 90 events during its presidency. He called on the SCO Secretary-General to continue to support China's work during its SCO presidency and help China hold a friendly, united and fruitful summit.

Nurlan Yermekbayev stated that China has put forward and implemented a meaningful program of events, raising the level of cooperation between all parties to a new height.

The SCO Secretary-General said the Secretariat will continue to provide comprehensive support to China's chairmanship and work with China to prepare for the SCO Tianjin Summit to ensure fruitful results from the event. -0-

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