BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders at a Central Asia summit in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday ( Jul 4 ) to “resist external interference”, state media reported.
According to state broadcaster CCTV, Xi told a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that” we may join hands to avoid additional interference, strongly help each other, take care of each other’s concerns, and strongly control our own destiny and regional peace and development.
The SCO, which encompasses a huge bend of the world from Moscow to Beijing, includes around half the world’s people and on Thursday may encouraged its 10th part, Belarus.
Its various permanent members are this year’s number Kazakhstan, India, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and, as of last year, Iran.
” The world stands suddenly at a intersection”, CCTV reported Xi as saying.
The SCO’s support of fairness and justice is extremely important to the earth.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, and Xi had talks with each other on Wednesday, telling the Chinese leader that the Shanghai alliance was “one of the pillars of a good unipolar world order,” a statement that Putin had made.
The primary goals of the SCO are promoting economic ties between its members and launching significant projects via Central Asia to connect China and Europe.
Big power ‘ interest in the region has grown as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which China has refused to condemn. Moscow and Beijing are still close to each other through their flagship Belt and Road system project, but the West and Moscow are also competing for influence.
According to CCTV, Xi told leaders on Thursday:” We must protect the right to advancement, adhere to diversity, jointly promote technological innovation, maintain the stability and smoothness of industrial and supply chains, strengthen the endogenous power of the local economy, and promote the realisation of typical development goals”.