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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Minsk, July 23 /Xinhua/ — The SCO Media and Analytical Centers Summit will allow us to consider practices for countering challenges and build a model of information cooperation. This was stated recently in an interview with a Xinhua correspondent by Dmitry Zhuk, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Belarus Segodnya Publishing House.
Speaking about his expectations for the upcoming summit in the Chinese province of Henan, D. Zhuk noted that China's thorough, substantive and comprehensively balanced approach to any undertaking ends in success. "Therefore, expectations for the upcoming key event are the most optimistic. I am confident that the summit will allow us to consider the best practices for countering various external challenges and build a new effective model of information cooperation in the international arena," he said.
The agency's interlocutor pointed out that the media today are faced with incessant hybrid aggression from the increasingly anachronistic collective West, the growing apathy of the readership provoked by this aggression – its fakes, lies, emotional overheating. In his opinion, the emergence of artificial intelligence has also played a role: new technologies, generated fakes, are already being tested on us.
"And therefore, the exchange and cooperation of media within the SCO is a serious and very effective tool for countering such trends. This is the formation of the "Shanghai spirit" in the media environment, if you will. With the principles of mutual respect, recognition of the diversity of cultures and civilizations in the modern world, respect for the independent choice of each nation of its social system and development model. And most importantly – with the desire for joint prosperity, not confrontation," the expert explained.
Assessing the role of the SCO in the modern world, the editor-in-chief noted that the organization is in many ways fundamental and influences the further development of global politics and economic cooperation.
The SCO has enormous potential and is very consistent: it initially stated that the world order in the 21st century should be based on mechanisms for collective resolution of key problems, the rule of law, and the democratization of international relations,” added D. Zhuk.
In 2024, Belarus officially became a member of the SCO. D. Zhuk quoted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who emphasized at a meeting with SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev on January 27, 2025: “We will work in every possible way to ensure that the Organization not only develops, but also strengthens. This is very important for us. We see the SCO as an organization that in the future will definitely be a serious center of attraction, one might say, a center of power.”
According to D. Zhuk, the "Shanghai spirit" in the modern world is in many ways the quintessence of rational development of humanity. "The Shanghai spirit" of equality regardless of the size of the territory, level of well-being and state power, respect for the position of each state is an example to the whole world of how to implement the development of countries in national interests," explained D. Zhuk.
He also noted that Belarus has consistently implemented exactly these principles and norms throughout its years of independence. “Therefore, the country not only has every right to count on a comfortable stay in the SCO, but is also capable of further strengthening its quality component, influence and effectiveness,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.
In his opinion, China played a comprehensive role during its presidency of the SCO. “It should be noted that throughout the SCO’s existence, China has consistently put forward extremely important initiatives in the areas of security, politics, economics, and the humanitarian dimension. Figuratively speaking, China has not only cut the SCO diamond, but also constantly makes it sparkle with new facets. And it is very gratifying that Belarus intends to contribute to this,” D. Zhuk emphasized. –0–
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