SCO's founding, development in conformity with trend for peace: Kazakh scholar
13/6/2006 17:10
The founding and development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) is in conformity with the world trend for peace and development following
the end of the Cold War, a Kazakh scholar told Xinhua in an interview ahead of
the upcoming annual SCO summit in Shanghai.
The group's founding proves that
countries with different background and culture have great potentials to realize
peaceful coexistence and conduct mutually beneficial cooperation through
deepening mutual understanding and trust, said K. Khafizova, a China hand in the
Kajnar University.
She said the "Shanghai Spirit," which embodies mutual
trust and benefit, equality, respect for cultural diversity and a desire for
common development, has penetrated into the practice by every SCO member
country.
The spirit was the precious treasure accumulated in the process of
cooperation among SCO members and should be enriched and carried forward,
Khafizova said.
Facing with new challenges and opportunities, the SCO
proposes boosting mutual trust and good neighborliness among its member states,
encourages effective cooperation in the political, trade, technological,
cultural, educational, energy, environmental protection and other fields, she
said.
The SCO is dedicated to safeguarding regional peace, security and
stability, pushing for the establishment of a new world political and economic
order which is just, reasonable and
democratic, and working for the
well-being of all peoples in the region, she added.
The SCO, established on
June 15, 2001 in Shanghai, consists of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with Pakistan, India, Iran, Mongolia as
observers.
The sixth SCO summit will be held in Shanghai on
Thursday.
Xinhua News
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