SCO holds anti-terror meeting in Uzbekistan
29/3/2007 17:25
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure
(RATS) yesterday held its ninth regular meeting in Uzbekistan's capital
Tashkent, pledging to take further anti-terrorism steps, according to reports
from Tashkent.
During the meeting, delegates from six SCO member states,
namely China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, passed
the draft of the RATS 2006 report that will be submitted to the Council of Heads
of State, the organization's highest body.
The meeting highly praised RATS's
work in 2006 and expressed hopes as well as suggestions on its 2007 action
plan.
The RATS approved several basic legal documents on taking further steps
against regional terrorism, separatism and extremism, as well as documents on
personnel reshuffling and financial supervision. The organization also decided
to hold its next meeting in September in Russia.
The SCO, established in 2001
in the Chinese city of Shanghai, groups China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The RATS came into operation in Uzbekistan's capital
Tashkent in 2004.
The RATS's Tashkent session is the first session of this
year held under Russia's chairmanship.
Xinhua
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