Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to be held in the Qingdao city of China on Saturday. Summit discusses tackling terrorism, security threats, drugs, and organised crimes as it recognised India’s efforts to contain terror activities.
The head of international cooperation department of the Ministry of Public Security Liao Jinrong said the SCO is building measures to tackle challenges posed by cross-border crimes including terrorism and drug trafficking, the source reported.
Terrorism as the most severe security threat faced by the SCO and also the joint initiatives were taken by the member countries to stop terrorism and restrict activities of members of the international terrorist organisation.
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Liao further talked of three evil forces comprising of terrorism, extremism, and separatism and appreciated the SCO members for cracking down on cross-border crimes, drug control, safeguarding information security, and enhancing border controls.
Appreciating India’s efforts in tackling security and combating terrorism, Liao said that it presents in the summit as a permanent member would inter-members cooperation in terms of security.
“We expect that documents on fighting terrorism, extremism and separatism, as well as drug control, will be deliberated at the summit,” Liao said.
Further, India and Pakistan’s presence both of which became the permanent members of the SCO in June 2017 at the Astana summit in Kazakhstan would help to respond to newfound security expectations at both regional and international level, Liao noted.
All the eight members of the SCO built to ensure cooperation among its members including India, Pakistan, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan will participate in the SCO summit in 2018.
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