Chinese President Hu Jintao attends the
small-sized group meeting of the leaders of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) member states and observers in Yekaterinburg, Russia,
on June 16, 2009.(Xinhua Photo) Photo
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ZAGREB, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao's just concluded three-nation tour is "very successful" in enhancing
friendship, boosting cooperation and promoting common development with relevant
countries, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Saturday.
During the tour from June 14 to June 20, President Hu
attended the ninth annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
and the first BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) summit in Yekaterinburg,
Russia, and paid state visits to Russia, Slovakia and Croatia.
Hu's tour took place amid the complicated and
changing international situation, while the global financial crisis continues to
spread, regional security faces new challenges, and various countries share
stronger will to deepen cooperation and promote development, Yang said.
The tour was a significant diplomatic move taken by
China to develop relations with neighboring countries, major developing
countries as well as Central and Eastern European countries, said Yang.
He said the tour has made successful achievements in
four major areas.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) attends
the small-sized group meeting of the leaders of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) member states and observers in Yekaterinburg, Russia,
on June 16, 2009. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
Gallery>>>
INTENSIFY COOPERATION AMONG SCO MEMBERS
The SCO summit in Yekaterinburg was very important,
said Yang. Leaders of the six member states and four observer states all
participated in the summit, which manifested the organization's strong will to
intensify cooperation and jointly confront the global financial crisis, he said.
The leaders of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) member states and observer nations have a group photo
taken with the leader of Afghanistan, a guest country of the SCO, in
Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Pang
Xinglei) Photo
Gallery>>>
As an important member of the bloc, China
participated in the summit in an active manner and played a unique role in it,
Yang said.
In his important speech at the summit, Hu thoroughly
analyzed new situations and challenges facing the SCO, pointing out that amid
the global financial crisis, stepping up pragmatic cooperation and developing
national strength are crucial guarantees for the member states to confront the
crisis and prevent risks.
Hu urged the member states to consolidate confidence
and support each other to jointly ride over the difficulties.
In his speech, Hu raised a five-point proposal of
strengthening political mutual trust, deepening economic cooperation,
intensifying security cooperation, expanding humanistic exchanges and keeping
opening up to the rest of the world. The proposal served to point out the
direction of the SCO's future development.
A series of important documents were signed and
issued at the summit, including the Yekaterinburg Declaration and a joint
communique. The leaders agreed to be committed to the Shanghai Spirit,
comprehensively deepen cooperation in various fields and safeguard common
interests of the member states and the region's safety and stability based on
the principles and rules of the Treaty on Long-term Good-neighborly Relations.
Discussions on how to confront the global financial
crisis was the key topic highlighted at the summit, said Yang.
In this regard, President Hu expounded key measures
taken by the Chinese government to tackle the global financial crisis. Further
more, he announced concrete steps to be taken by China to this end, such as
providing a 10-billion-U.S. dollar loan for multilateral and bilateral economic
and technological cooperation projects within the framework of the SCO, as well
as sending trade and investment promotion delegations to other member states.
Security cooperation was the common concern of the
SCO member states and a key cooperation field of the organization, Yang said.
A series of relevant documents were signed or
approved by President Hu and other leaders, including the Counter-Terrorism
Convention, the SCO Regulations on Political Diplomatic Measures and Mechanisms
of Response to Events Jeopardizing Regional Peace, Security and Stability, as
well as the Agreement Among the Governments of the SCO Member States on
Cooperation in the Field of Ensuring International Information Security.
These documents served to improve the comprehensive
security cooperation system of the SCO, and showed to the international
community the SCO member states' determination and confidence to jointly combat
the three evil forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism, as well as
cross-border crimes, Yang said.
At the summit, President Hu also exchanged views with
other leaders on the situation in Central Asia and Afghanistan, and discussed
measures to solve global and regional issues.
On the sidelines of the summit, Hu met with Kyrgyz
President Kurmanbek Bakiev, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, Uzbek President
Islam Karimov, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.
Hu reached important consensus with the leaders on
developing bilateral ties and deepening mutually beneficial cooperation, which
improved China's good-neighborly mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation with
these countries.
STRENGTHEN DIALOGUE,
COOPERATION & COORDINATION WITH
EMERGING-MARKET COUNTRIES
Yang said the meeting of the leaders of the BRIC
nations -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- was of historic significance since
it was their first official summit.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R)
poses for a group photo together with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula
da Silva (1st L), Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (2nd L), and Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the first formal meeting of BRIC
(Brazil, Russia, India and China) leaders in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on
June 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei) Photo Gallery>>>
The BRIC leaders exchanged in-depth views on major
economic and development issues and ways to tackle the ongoing global financial
crisis. They also laid out a blueprint for BRICs' future dialogue, cooperation
and coordination.
President Hu systematically expounded China's view
and stance on the BRIC cooperation amid the current financial crisis, saying the
BRIC nations were facing new development opportunities as well as unprecedented
challenges.
Hu urged the countries to seize historical
opportunities and strengthen cooperation and solidarity in a bid to safeguard
the overall interests of developing nations.
While calling for closer cooperation among BRIC
countries, Hu presented a four-point proposal, urging them to strengthen
political mutual trust, deepen economic cooperation, promote cultural exchanges
and encourage sharing each other's useful experiences.
The BRIC leaders said the four countries have a great
potential for dialogues and cooperation, which should be further strengthened
and deepened in an effort to safeguard common interests of emerging-market
countries and developing nations.
The BRIC members and countries around the world are
now facing a major task of actively tackling the economic crisis and promoting
the recovery of the world economic growth, Hu said.
To this end, the BRIC nations should strengthen
coordination and effectively implement the results of the G20 Summit, he added.
The first summit meeting of BRIC
(Brazil, Russia, India and China) leaders is held in Yekaterinburg,
Russia, on June 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) Photo Gallery>>>
The Chinese president said he hoped the four
countries could commit themselves to bringing about an early recovery of the
world economy, pushing forward the reform of the international financial system,
implementing the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and ensuring the
security of food, energy resource, and public health.
Hu introduce China's anti-crisis measures and
preliminary achievements gained in tackling the economic downturn and
maintaining a steady and relatively rapid economic growth. He also expounded the
initiatives China has adopted in a bid to actively participate in international
cooperation, calling on the BRIC countries to take the lead in achieving a
recovery from the crisis and promote the world economic recovery.
President Hu and other BRIC leaders exchanged views
on some major global affairs and issued the Joint Statement of the BRIC
Countries' Leaders in Yekaterinburg and a statement on food security.
The statements set forth the consensus that the BRIC
countries have reached on global financial crisis, energy security, food
security and climate change, and therefore boosted the influence of the emerging
economies and developing nations in international affairs.
