Chinese defence minister urges deeper defence, security cooperation at SCO meeting
China's Defence Minister Dong Jun attended on Tuesday a meeting in Kyrgyzstan of defence ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) member states, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. * Dong held talks with defence officials from countries including Iran, Russia, Pakistan, and Belarus on the sidelines of the meeting, Xinhua said. * The 10 current members of SCO are Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, its website shows.
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China's Defence Minister Dong Jun attended on Tuesday a meeting in Kyrgyzstan of defence ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) member states, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. * "We should deepen defence and security cooperation and promote the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ... toward greater unity, closer collaboration, stronger vitality, and more effective action," Dong said according to Xinhua.
* SCO members should "resolutely uphold the international order, jointly safeguard fairness and justice ... and use shared development to eliminate the breeding ground for turmoil and conflict," Dong said. * Dong held talks with defence officials from countries including Iran, Russia, Pakistan, and Belarus on the sidelines of the meeting, Xinhua said.
* The 10 current members of SCO are Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, its website shows.
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