Security and stability are the first prerequisite for a country’s development: Xi Jinping
Beijing:
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should deepen mutual trust and resolve disputes and disputes through dialogue and consultations, while firmly dealing with terrorist, separatist forces and extremists.
Speaking to the SCO Grouping’s Heads of State Council via video link, President Xi said history has proven and will continue to prove that good neighborliness will prevail over a beggar-to-beggar approach, mutual cooperation. advantageous will replace the zero sum. game, and multilateralism will win out over unilateralism.
“We must deepen solidarity and mutual trust, and resolve disputes and disputes through dialogue and consultation,” to consolidate the political foundation for the development of the SCO, President Xi said in a speech in the context of the military standoff of more than six months between India. and China in eastern Ladakh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leaders of the eight-member SCO group attended the virtual summit hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Security and stability are the first prerequisite for a country’s development and therefore concern the fundamental interests of all countries, President Xi said.
“We must act according to the vision of a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, effectively face all forms of threats and challenges, and foster a healthy security environment in our region,” the Chinese president said. by the Xinhua Official Gazette. agency that published the official transcript of Xi Jinping’s speech.
“We must act according to the vision of common, comprehensive and sustainable security, respond effectively to all forms of threats and challenges and foster a healthy security atmosphere in our region,” he said.
SCO countries should “resolutely oppose external forces” which interfere in their internal affairs under any pretext, “President Xi said.
SCO members should “strongly support the countries concerned in legal efforts aimed at steadily advancing major national political agendas. Firmly support countries in safeguarding political security and social stability and strongly oppose interference of external forces in the internal affairs of SCO members under any pretext, “he said.
In order to consolidate the political foundations for the development of the SCO, it is important that “ we prevent terrorist, separatist and extremist attempts to exploit the pandemic to disrupt it, to curb the proliferation of drugs, to suppress the spread of the disease. extremist ideology on the Internet and deepen the SCO. In fact, in all cases, it will take you to the next level.
“It is important that we support biosecurity, data security and space security and engage in active communication and dialogue in this area,” he said.
“Each civilization is distinct and none is superior to the others. We must promote mutual learning among our civilizations and strengthen good neighborliness and friendship between our countries. This allows us to strengthen public support for long-term development. term of the SCO, ”he said. .
The founding members of the SCO are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan were admitted to the grouping in 2017.
In his speech, the Chinese president referred to the situation in Afghanistan.
President Xi said the situation in Afghanistan involves the security and stability of the wider region. “We must make good use of the SCO Afghanistan Contact Group to help the country achieve peace and reconstruction,” he said.
In addition to this, you will need to know more about it. It has become a major constructive force in the Eurasian region and in world affairs, he said.
He said that China will host a China-SCO digital economy forum next year in the Chinese city of Chongqing. The forum will provide a platform for innovation cooperation between the parties, Xi said.
On changing the model of the Chinese economy, he said that China cannot develop without the rest of the world, nor that the world as a whole cannot prosper without China.
China is stepping up its efforts to foster a new development model with domestic circulation as a pillar while allowing domestic and international circulation to strengthen each other, and build an open economy of higher standards, he said.
He said SCO member states need to improve connectivity and integrate industrial supply and value chains for unhindered economic movement in the region.
The SCO virtual summit was hosted by Russia, which will also host a virtual summit of leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) on November 17.
India is also expected to host the virtual meeting of SCO heads of government on November 30, in which Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is expected to attend.
Regarding the fight against COVID-19, President Xi said SCO countries should set up a hotline among their disease control centers, and China is ready to consider a proactive approach to the needs of the people. countries in COVID-19 vaccines.
There is a need to strengthen joint forces between countries in prevention and control, to support each other in the fight against the epidemic and to further promote exchanges and cooperation in areas such as epidemic surveillance, research science, disease prevention and treatment, said President Xi.
