SCO Summit under Kazakh Presidency to adopt document on countering terror & extremism
SCO summit held here under the Kazakhstan Presidency will adopt an important document to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism. The summit will also discuss SCO anti-drug strategy amid the rising menace of drug addiction.Kazakhstan assumed the SCO chairmanship in July 2023. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has emphasised that the Summit will present the initiative “On world unity for a just peace and harmony”
This document will lay down the principles of strengthening confidence-building measures, maintaining stability and security, ET has learnt. And the main task of this document is to prevent a geopolitical fault between East and West, sources here said.
Tokayev noted that the Astana SCO summit will be held under the slogan “Strengthening multilateral dialogue — the pursuit of sustainable peace and development.”
Kazakhstan has also put forward major initiatives to create the SCO Investment Fund and a base of economic preferences. UN Secretary General António Guterres will take part in the upcoming SCO summit.
The SCO was created in 2011 (it was preceded by the Shanghai Five in 1996 — Editor's note). Over the years of its existence, the organization has gradually become multidisciplinary and multifunctional, where political, economic and humanitarian aspects of interaction are equally prioritized.
Currently, the population of the SCO region accounts for almost half of the world's population, its space occupies about a quarter of the earth's landmass, and its total GDP exceeds $23 trillion.
