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Upcoming SCO summit "milestone"

www.chinanews.cn 2006-06-02 08:44:05

(Source: Xinhua)

BEIJING, June 2 - The upcoming summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) will be a "milestone" that marks a new stage for the
development of the 5-year-old organization, the chief of the regional
group said here Thursday.
During the June 15 summit meeting, slated for Shanghai, the heads of
state of the member countries will review the SCO's achievements and in
its construction and development over the past five years, said SCO
Secretary-General Zhang Deguang.
The organization, established in Shanghai in 2001, comprises China,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Since 2004, it
has accepted Mongolia, Iran, Pakistan and India as observers.
The six heads of state will also draw up the future developmentgoals and
tasks of the organization, Zhang said in an exclusive interview with
Xinhua.
The member nations have invited leaders of the four observer countries to
attend the meeting, in addition to President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai
who will come as guest of the host country.
The leaders of some international organizations will also be invited for
the first time to attend a summit meeting of the regional group.
As preparations are going on smoothly, Zhang said, all parties concerned
have basically reached a consensus on the main agenda ofthe summit
meeting, and some documents on development and cooperation are expected
to be signed.
Over the past five years, he said, the SCO has completed its
institutional construction and legal framework. "The necessary systems
and mechanisms are all in place, creating conditions and laying a sound
foundation for promoting regional stability and economic development."
The SCO will devote itself to regional economic integration. "Our present
goal is to realize the free flow of commodities, capital, technologies
and services in the region within 20 years,"said Zhang.
The SCO pursues an open policy, but it has not formulated legaldocuments
on accepting new members at present, he added.
Zhang refuted media reports calling the SCO an "oriental NATO,"saying
this is "totally groundless."
The SCO has never sought confrontation with any parties and itsaims have
nothing to do at all with becoming a military bloc. The organization will
continue holding high the banner of peace, cooperation and openness, said
Zhang.
As a founding member, China has played "a very important role" in the
establishment of the SCO and the formation of its aims and principles,
especially the "Shanghai Spirit," which embodies mutual trust and
benefit, equality, respect for cultural diversityand a desire for common
development.
The SCO is the first intergovernmental organization with its headquarters
in China.
Zhang said the remarks of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a joint
interview by journalists of SCO member states on Tuesday showed that the
Chinese leaders attach great importance to the SCO.
They also sent a strong signal to the international community that the
SCO is an organization of peace, cooperation, openness and nonalignment
that is devoted to promoting regional stability, security and development.
The challenges the SCO now faces mainly include the "three forces" of
terrorism, separatism and extremism, as well as drug trafficking,
cross-border crimes and illegal trafficking and sale of weapons, he said.
The SCO member countries also have to deal with the attempts todisturb
the "normal process" of their social, political and economic development,
in addition to poverty reduction, diseases and natural disasters.
On the Iran nuclear issue, Zhang expressed the hope that it would be
properly settled through negotiations and diplomatic efforts.
As all the member countries have agreed to invite the leaders of SCO
observers to attend the summit meeting, the presence of theIranian leader
will not conflict with the international efforts toresolve the Iran
nuclear issue, said Zhang.

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