Moscow, November 18 (NA)-- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is ready and able to use the joint implementation of the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) as an opportunity to play a more important role in achieving a world with good governance, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday.
Li made these remarks during his speech at the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the SCO Member States.
After noting that the Shanghai Spirit is highly aligned with the core concepts of the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), Li stated that the SCO has extensive practical experience and strong institutional guarantees, and that it should fully leverage these advantages to contribute significantly to global governance and help build a community with a shared future for mankind.
Secondly, the SCO should focus on key areas of development and security, he added.
He urged SCO member states to promote development and security through cooperation, improve the alignment of development strategies, boost high-quality cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, ensure the stability and smooth functioning of global industrial and supply chains, and jointly build an open and inclusive world economy.
He stated that China is willing to work closely with all SCO members to establish the SCO Development Bank as soon as possible and proposed the creation of a China-SCO cooperation center for metabolic diseases, Argentina's News Agency reported.
Li also called for strengthening security cooperation mechanisms, enhancing the important role of the four security centers, and working with the international community to jointly uphold multilateralism and promote universal security and lasting peace.
Thirdly, the SCO should stimulate strong vitality for innovation and transformation, he concluded.
He affirmed that China is willing to work with all member countries to pay greater attention to strategic coordination, effectively promote cooperation, optimize and improve the operational mechanism, further strengthen cohesion, capacity for action, and influence, and make the SCO better and stronger.
Other participants in the meeting highlighted that the SCO plays an increasingly crucial role in promoting regional integration and facilitating the establishment of a just and equitable multipolar world.
They urged all parties to make concerted efforts to implement the outcomes of the SCO Summit in Tianjin, optimize the organization's mechanism, align with the Belt and Road Initiative, and implement the SCO development strategy for the 2026-2035 period.
They also called on various parties to strengthen cooperation in areas such as connectivity, economy and trade, security, and people-to-people exchanges, to implement the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), and to safeguard multilateralism and the central role of the United Nations.
Following the meeting, Li and other leaders signed the joint communiqué and cooperation documents related to economy and trade, railways, social development, and security, and approved relevant resolutions on the construction of the SCO.
He urged to make concerted efforts to strengthen cooperation in science and technology, as well as in industrial innovation, and to promote cooperation in traditional and renewable energy sources.
Li stated that China welcomes the active participation of all parties in the SCO Digital Economy Forum and the China-SCO Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Forum, and added that China is willing to jointly build and make full use of the China-SCO digital economy cooperation platform and the science and technology innovation cooperation center, and to progressively increase the installed capacity of photovoltaic and wind energy by 10 million kilowatts each for the next five years.
Li pointed out that the leaders gathered at the SCO Summit in Tianjin jointly approved the SCO development strategy for the 2026-2035 period.
Leaders and representatives of SCO member states, observers, and dialogue partners, guests of the host country, as well as leaders of international organizations attended the meeting, chaired by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
Chinese President Xi Jinping solemnly introduced the GGI at the SCO Summit in Tianjin in September, offering China's experience and solutions to help the international community jointly address global transformation and urgent challenges, noted Li, according to the Xinhua agency.
He emphasized the importance of the SCO in the construction and reform of the global governance system.
First, the SCO must leverage its unique strengths, Li concluded.
