Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi addressed the 16th Meeting of the Security Council Secretaries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States via video in Beijing, June 23, 2021.
Zhao said that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the SCO. Over the past two decades, the SCO member states have under the guidance of the Shanghai Spirit, followed the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security and consolidated cooperation on security within the SCO’s framework. At present, faced by an evolving international landscape amid a once-in-a-century pandemic, and new regional security threats and challenges, all parties can only maintain regional security through cooperation.
Zhao put forward five propositions on improving security cooperation among the SCO member states. Firstly, he proposed to strengthen strategic communication and consolidate consensus. He called on member states to reach broader consensus on building a closer SCO community with a shared future, adopt new approaches to foster law enforcement cooperation against the ongoing pandemic, set up better cooperative mechanisms, and play a greater and constructive role in safeguarding regional security.
Secondly, Zhao proposed coordinating positions to push forward the reconciliation process in Afghanistan. All parties should strengthen bilateral and multilateral coordination and cooperation, promote the orderly withdrawal of foreign military forces from Afghanistan in a responsible manner, prevent terrorist forces from seeking greater influence, and support all parties in Afghanistan to reach a political arrangement acceptable to all sides under the "Afghan-led and Afghan-owned" framework.
Thirdly, Zhao proposed the opposition of unilateralism and resistance against external interference. All member states should safeguard the UN-centered international system and the international order underpinned by international law, stand firmly against behaviors such as meddling in other nations’ internal affairs, interfering in other nations’ sovereignty, and forcing others to pick sides by means of threat. Instead, we should jointly maintain harmony and tranquility in the region.
Fourthly, Zhao proposed combating transnational crimes and upholding common interests. Zhao called on all parties to strengthen practical cooperation in combating the "three forces," namely separatism, extremism and terrorism, as well as drug production and trafficking, telecommunications and internet fraud, cross-border gambling, and epidemic related crimes, to jointly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people of all countries.
Fifthly, Zhao proposed strengthening information protection and maintaining data security. All parties should take an active part in building a community of shared future in cyberspace that is peaceful, secure, open, cooperative and orderly, in order to earnestly protect important data concerning national security, public security, economic security, and social order, as well as individual data.
Minutes of meeting were signed and news reports were released.
Also present were Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council Meng Yang, External Security Commissioner of the Foreign Ministry Cheng Guoping, Deputy Public Security Minister Du Hangwei and Deputy Minister of National Security Dong Jingwei. Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Liu Bin attended the meeting via video in Dushanbe.
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