Economic, security cooperation take SCO priority: Uzbek scholar
13/6/2006 17:09
Economic and security cooperation take priority of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) after the legal framework has been completed,
said K. Turubekov, professor with Uzbekistan's Institute of Oriental
Studies.
In light of the fact that the SCO has formed a solid legal basis,
the group should take economic, trade and security cooperation as a breakthrough
point and tap potentials in transportation, energy, infrastructure and
environmental protection, Turubekov said in a recent interview with
Xinhua.
The SCO member states are making efforts to strengthen economic and
trade cooperation bilaterally or within a multilateral framework, he
said.
Over the past five years since the SCO's founding, the six member
countries have been holding high the banner of peace, cooperation and joint
development, made great achievements and demonstrated its vigor and efficiency,
Turubekov said.
"In 2003, the SCO worked out a compendium for economic and
trade cooperation. In 2004, the group outlined concrete plans for trade
cooperation. Some Uzbek scholars believe the six SCO members will put the plans
into practice one by one under the principles of equality and mutual benefit and
in a progressive order," the professor said.
The SCO is an intergovernmental
organization founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its sixth annual summit meeting is
scheduled to be held in Shanghai on Thursday.
Xinhua News
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