Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT Astana is the host of the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. The summit has already become one of the key international events.
President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 4. (Photo/Xinhua) President Xi Jinping's trip to Central Asia will boost the region's development, while his speech at the SCO summit offers a comprehensive vision for a stable, prosperous, and cooperative world, experts say.
TASHKENT, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The just-concluded summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has opened a new chapter in strengthening cooperation between China and Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan, an Uzbek expert has said. "Intensive communication between China and Central Asian countries sends several key and multi-purpose signals at the international level," Azamat Seitov, a scholar of Uzbekistan's University of World Economy and Diplomacy, said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
ASTANA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A just-concluded summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held here enhanced mutual trust in the region and further promoted the economic development of the member states, a Kazakh expert has said. "Wherever there is trust and stability, there will always be economic development.