REPORT ON THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION QINGDAO MEETING (Source blacklistednews.com),
On June 9-10 2018, Quindao, China hosted a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The meeting was attended by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, President of the Kyrgyzstan Republic, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The Member States consistently advocate the settlement of crises in Afghanistan, Syria, the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula, as well as other regional conflicts within the framework of generally accepted norms and principles of international law. They noted the importance of the steady implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear programme. The Member States reaffirm their resolute support for UN efforts to ensure international peace and security. They noted the need for reaching a consensus on adopting the UN Comprehensive Convention against International Terrorism and supported the Republic of Kazakhstan’s initiative at the UN to promote the Code of Conduct to Achieve a World Free of Terrorism.
The SCO continues to contribute to broad-based and mutually beneficial cooperation in the area of information security and to the development of universal international rules, standards and principles for the responsible conduct of states in the information space.
The SCO Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the central role of the United Nations in implementing the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development. They stressed the importance of improving global economic governance architecture and of consistently strengthening and developing the multilateral trade system with a nucleus in the World Trade Organisation in order to form an open world economy.