SCO Summit: Kazakh President calls for preventing geo-political rift between East & West
Tokayev addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit on Tuesday suggested that the main task of the SCO countries should be to prevent a geopolitical rift between East and West. The Kazakh President proposed to the SCO Council of Heads of Government to consider establishing a joint Investment Fund.
Tokayev expressed gratitude to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chaired the summit, for India’s successful chairmanship of the SCO and congratulated Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on his country’s accession as a full member of the SCO. He added that the process of accepting Belarus as a member is nearing completion.
The President said the SCO is a successful multilateral association with significant international authority, accounting for a quarter of the global GDP and more than 15% of international trade. Amid a radical transformation of the global order, an unprecedented increase in geopolitical tensions, intensification of trade and sanctions wars, and other challenges, Tokayev stressed the need to remain committed to building a more representative, democratic and multipolar world with the central and coordinating role of the United Nations.
Tokayev informed that Kazakhstan, which begins its chairmanship of the SCO this month, will present the initiative On World Unity for a Just Peace and Harmony to strengthen confidence-building measures and maintain stability and security. Highlighting the fight against the three forces of evil – transnational organized crime, drug trafficking and cybercrime – Tokayev emphasized the necessity to upgrade the Program of Cooperation on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism for 2025-2027.
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