Jiang Meets SCO Defense MinistersChinese President Jiang Zemin said Friday in Shanghai that the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be conducive to enhancing peace and development of the region and the world at large.Jiang made the remarks when meeting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, Kazakh Defense Minister S. Tokpakbayev, Kyrgyz Defense Minister Esen Topoyev, Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Khairullaev and Uzbek Defense Minister Kodir Gulomov. China upholds that various countries in the world should establish a kind of state-to-state relationship featuring mutual trust and benefit, equality and cooperation, Jiang said. All the countries should make contribution to promoting multi- polarization and building a just and rational international political and economic order, he said. The defense ministers said that the SCO establishment is of significance to safeguarding peace and stability in Central Asia and even the whole continent. They said that they are satisfied with the current military cooperation between China and their countries. Chinese Defense Minister Chi Haotian, who is vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and a state councilor, Xiong Guangkai, deputy chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), and PLA Nanjing Military Area Commander Liang Guanglie also attended the meeting. |
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