Chinese President Jiang Zemin will attend the second summit of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) slated for St. Petersburg,
Russia, in June this year, Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said
Wednesday.
He
said as the first international organization putting forward the
idea of fighting terrorism all the six member countries of SCO are
active participants in the international endeavor to fight
terrorist activities.
Since its establishment in 2001, the SCO has all along been firm in
the fight against international terrorism, separatism and religious
extremism.
The organization is conducive to the regional peace, stability and
economic cooperation and the world as a whole, Tang said.
The regional organization, which include China, Russia and four
Central Asian countries, is also conducive to the establishment of
a just, fair and new international economic order.
The organization also serves the interest of world peace and
stability and its further development will play an increasingly
important role in advancing regional economic cooperation, he said
at a press conference sponsored by the Fifth Session of the Ninth
National People's Congress.
(China
Daily March 6, 2002)