Chinese President Jiang Zemin said Monday in Beijing that the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has progressed well in
organizational and legal construction.
Jiang made the remarks in his talks with visiting Kyrgyzstan
President Askar Akayev.
China was ready to close its cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in
accordance with the framework of the SCO for safeguarding regional
peace, security, stability and development, he said.
The SCO, whose members are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, was officially founded in Shanghai in
2001. The SCO has just held its second summit meeting in St.
Petersburg, Russia.
Akayev described the SCO as "an effective mechanism" for protecting
regional peace and security, saying that Kyrgyzstan attached
importance to its cooperation with China within the
organization.
The two leaders also exchanged views on fighting terrorism,
extremism and separatism, the situation in central Asia and
Afghanistan and other issues of common concern.
Four-point Proposal for Sino-Kyrgyzstan Ties
President Jiang also made a four-point proposal for boosting the
development of Sino-Kyrgyzstan relations.
Jiang called on the two governments to maintain high-level contacts
and dialogue, enhance mutual trust, and deepen friendship so as to
create a good political atmosphere and conditions for the growth of
bilateral ties.
He
urged the two countries to promote cooperation between public
security, security, defence and other law enforcement departments,
and set up stable cooperative mechanisms for safeguarding security
and stability in the two countries and the whole region.
Jiang said that the two countries could also take advantage of
geographical vicinity to tap the potential in economic
cooperationand raise economic cooperation and trade to a new
level.
He
proposed that the two countries expand and deepen exchanges and
cooperation in cultural, educational, sports and other areas so as
to form a solid foundation of bilateral friendship for future
generations.
This year marked the 10th anniversary of establishment of
diplomatic ties between China and Kyrgyzstan. Akayev commended the
growth and consolidation of bilateral ties over the past decade and
said the two countries had laid a foundation for future development
on the basis of mutual trust and equality.
(Xinhua News
Agency June 25, 2002)