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SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting held in Dushanbe
A regular meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the SCO Member States took place on 25 July 2008 in Dushanbe. In attendance were Nurlan Yermekbayev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China; Ednan Karabayev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic; Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Khamrokhon Zarifi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan; Ilkhom Nematov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Bolat Nurgaliev, SCO Secretary-General, and Myrzakan Subanov, Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Antiterrorist Structure, attended the session.
The session was held under the chairmanship of the Tajik party.
The Ministers considered the issues of preparation for the SCO Heads of State Council meeting due August 28 in Dushanbe, rated positively the efforts of the host state to ensure successful staging of the Dushanbe summit.
The parties noted with satisfaction that in the past year the tasks and decisions of the previous summit in Bishkek were being successfully fulfilled. Fruitful work has been done to deepen and expand multifaceted cooperation in the fields of security, politics, economy and culture.
Convergence or similarity of approaches to the key problems of modernity was noted as the parties exchanged opinions on some burning international issues, including main developments in the international situation, strengthening the regional stability and security.
The Ministers reaffirmed the need to deepen practical cooperation with the SCO observer states in the areas of mutual interest.
The parties stressed that the SCO must continue to follow the policy of openness. They acknowledged the expediency of speeding up the creation of an SCO partner dialogue mechanism and establishment of contacts with the states and international organisations showing interest in the SCO.
A lot of attention was focused on the interaction with Afghanistan, particularly the issue of increasing the activity of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group.
The SCO Secretary-General delivered a report on the work of the Secretariat in the past year that was approved by the Ministers.
The parties made a number of decisions concerning organisational aspects of the work of the SCO permanent bodies.
The Foreign Ministers Council meeting was held in a spirit of friendship and understanding.
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