- Home
- Business
- News
- SCO potential to cooperate in security field to further develop with expansion: China
SCO Potential To Cooperate In Security Field To Further Develop With Expansion: China
Faizan Hashmi Published May 21, 2018 | 08:15 PM
China on Monday hoped that with the expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the potential of the organization to cooperate in the security field will be further developed
BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st May, 2018 ) :China on Monday hoped that with the expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the potential of the organization to cooperate in the security field will be further developed.
"We hope and believe that with the expansion of the SCO, the potential of the organization to cooperate in the security field will be further developed," Chinese Foreign Ministry's Spokesperson, Lu Kang told reporters during his regular briefing while commenting on the two-day meeting of the of Security Council Secretaries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which began after its enlargement here on Monday.
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi will attend and chair the two-day meeting. Lu Kang pointed out that this is the first meeting of the Security Council Secretaries after the expansion of the SCO.
National Security Advisor of Pakistan, Nasser Khan Janjua and Deputy National Security Adviser of India, Rajinder Khanna are participating in the meeting after both Pakistan and India were granted a full-member status of the SCO last year.
The spokesperson expressed the confidence that the cooperation in the security field will achieve even more results. He informed that the Chinese leaders will meet with the security secretary of the SCO member countries.
Regarding the cooperation of the SCO member states in the security field, he said, "We all know that the international situation has undergone profound changes.
The common threats and challenges faced by the SCO member states are also increasing which need SCO to agglomerate consensus and common ground.
The main challenges include: first, how to maintain peace, security and stability in the region, and second, combat the terrorist forces in the region and combat transnational crimes including drug trafficking, he added.
The meeting of the of Security Council Secretaries of the SCO is likely to exchange views on the regional security situation, cooperation on combating terrorism, separatism and extremism, drugs trafficking and cross-border organized crimes, and international information security.
Presidential Aide and Secretary of National Security Council of Kazakhstan Nurlan Ermekbaev, Secretary of the National Security Council of Kyrgyzstan Damir Sagynbayev, Secretary of the National Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the National Security Council of Tajikistan Abdurahim Kahorov, Secretary of the National Security Council of Uzbekistan Makhmudov Victor Vladimirovich, SCO Secretary-General Rashid Alimov, and Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure Yevgeniy Sysoyev are also attending the meeting.
It is the first SCO National Security Council Secretaries' meeting after the SCO enlargement and its Primary task is to prepare for the meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council or the Qingdao Summit for short next month, on the political and security fronts.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
Mired in crisis, Boeing reports another loss
Session Awarding Ceremony 2024 held at Cadet College Muzaffarabad
Austrian ski great Hirscher to make comeback under Dutch flag
Pakistan, Japan agrees to convene 'Economic Policy Dialogue'
FM Dar conveys deepest sympathy on torrential rains devastation in UAE
Spain PM Sanchez says weighing resignation after wife's graft probe
Tennis: ATP/WTA Madrid Open results - 1st update
Long-lost Klimt portrait auctioned off for 30 mn euros
Osaka seals first win on clay since 2022 in Madrid
Earthquake jolts Karachi
Sindh minister orders operation after attack on police in Ghotki
TikTok to fight US ban law in courts
More Stories From Business
-
Mired in crisis, Boeing reports another loss
5 hours ago -
Pakistan, Japan agrees to convene 'Economic Policy Dialogue'
6 hours ago -
British-Pakistani firm unveils $35 million luxury apartments for overseas Pakistanis in Islamabad
6 hours ago -
European stocks lose momentum after global rally
6 hours ago -
New pulses varieties imperative to cater domestic food requirements: Dr Khalid Hasan
7 hours ago -
CEO KP-EZDMC meets CRBC officials
7 hours ago
-
Pakistan among nine poor countries that produces 90 percent cigarettes for world
8 hours ago -
Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Haji Gulbar Khan calls on Minister for Privatisation
8 hours ago -
Germany nudges up growth forecast, ailing economy at 'turning point'
8 hours ago -
Revised UAF budget recommended
8 hours ago -
IDEA, TEVTA organizes Job Fair for youth
8 hours ago -
Massive financial, administrative scam unearthed at SCCI
9 hours ago