SCO Bishkek summit to promote SCO community with a shared future
By Du Dewen
On Jun.12, Chinese President Xi Jinping started his trip to
Kyrgyzstan for a state visit and the 19th Meeting of
the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan. He will hold discussions with SCO heads
of state on the development of the organization as well as the future of
regional cooperation.
China and Kyrgyzstan are friendly neighbors. They have
maintained sound and stable development of bilateral relations since the
establishment of their diplomatic ties 27 years ago.
The two countries witnessed constantly consolidated
political mutual trust, comprehensively promoted pragmatic cooperation in economy,
trade, and cultural exchanges, as well as continuously expanded and deepened
security cooperation.
Head-of-state diplomacy plays a fundamental role in the continuous
development of China-Kyrgyzstan relations. In September 2013, China and
Kyrgyzstan established strategic partnership when President Xi paid his first
state visit to Kyrgyzstan. The strategic partnership was later lifted to a
comprehensive strategic partnership last June during the first state visit of
Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov to China.
Today, President Xi’s second state visit to Kyrgyzstan and
his attendance at the SCO summit will inject strong impetus into the
comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries and usher in a
new chapter of their efforts to build a community with a shared future.
In recent years, the joint construction of the Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) has opened up broad prospects for China-Kyrgyzstan cooperation
in various areas.
As one of the earliest supporters and participants of the
BRI, Kyrgyzstan regards the joint construction of the BRI as a new opportunity
to seek cooperation and promote development.
In the past April, President Jeenbekov attended the Second
Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Bejing, during which the
two heads of state agreed to enhance the alignment between the BRI and the 2040
National Sustainable Development Strategy of Kyrgyzstan to achieve more fruits
in the bilateral friendly cooperation and bring more benefits to the people of
the two countries.
Both sides will earnestly implement the important consensus
reached by the two heads of state, and take joint construction of the BRI as a
great opportunity to boost all-round mutually beneficial cooperation.
As founding members of the SCO, China and Kyrgyzstan have
carried out productive bilateral cooperation and multilateral cooperation
within the framework of the SCO.
Last June, the first SCO summit after the expansion of the
organization was successfully held in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province,
marking a new starting point for higher stage of development of the SCO.
Over the past year, each party concerned has
actively implemented the outcomes of the SCO Qingdao summit.
Since assuming the SCO rotating presidency, Kyrgyzstan
has delivered on its commitments earnestly, endeavoring to promote the
implementation of various new initiatives and new measures.
In April 2019, a meeting of SCO-Afghanistan
Contact Group was held in Bishkek, further reinforced the coordination of the
SCO on issues concerning Afghanistan.
In the past several months, the Defense
Ministers’ Meeting of the Member States of the SCO, the SCO Security Council
Secretaries meeting, and the meeting of SCO Council of Foreign Minister were held
successively. During the meetings, various parties had in-depth exchanges of
views on SCO cooperation in diplomacy, security, economy and trade, technology,
and culture. These meetings helped deepen political consensus, expand pragmatic
and security cooperation, and improve SCO’s international influence, laying a
solid foundation for the SCO Bishkek summit.
The SCO has also held a number of other events
under the framework of the organization that further strengthened the
connection and friendship among SCO members, such as media forum, women’s
forum, and the International Issyk-Kul Marathon of the SCO.
The ideas of building a new type of
international relations, building a community with a shared future for
mankind, and the joint construction of the BRI have won wide support in member
states of the SCO.
By actively promoting the alignment of
development strategies, the parties concerned have opened up a vast space and
created bright prospects for win-win cooperation of the SCO. The cooperation on
the joint construction of the BRI has brought tangible benefits to the people
of relevant countries.
Practice has proved that the SCO is a new type of dynamic
and influential organization for regional cooperation. It regards “Shanghai
Spirit” as its original aspiration and the source of vitality.
At present, when the international and
regional economic and security situation is undergoing complicated and profound
changes, the SCO comes to a new starting point.
It’s believed that the SCO Bishkek summit, while pressing
ahead with the direction and goals of the organization, especially
the ones set at the SCO Qingdao summit, will chart the course for future
development of the organization, formulate a community with shared goals in
safeguarding security and development, and promote the development of the SCO
community with a shared future.
SCO Bishkek summit to promote SCO community with a shared future
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