Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi on Tuesday called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries to enhance political mutual¹ trust and jointly² safeguard regional stability and development.

 

中国国务委员、公安部部长赵克志周二呼吁上颌合作组织成员国加强政治互信，共同保护地方稳定与发展。

 

Zhao made the remarks in a keynote speech at the 13th meeting of SCO Security Council Secretaries in Beijing. Delegations³ from India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives from the SCO secretariat and regional counter-terrorist agencies attended the meeting.

 

He called on the SCO countries to give full play to the role of the SCO security council secretaries, and work together to combat forces of terrorism, separatism, and extremism.

 

He said the SCO countries should consolidate⁴ the legal basis for cooperation, enhance the building of cooperation mechanism⁵, and ensure the security of the Belt and Road Initiative projects.

 

It is the first SCO security council secretaries meeting since the organization's enlargement. All parties at the meeting exchanged in-depth views on the current regional security situation and focused on the issues such as drug trafficking, transnational organized crime and safeguarding global information security.

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