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Chinese
president urges greater efforts to fight terrorism
MOSCOW, May 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said on
Thursday that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) needs to
step up efforts to fight terrorism.
Delivering a speech at the Third SCO Summit Meeting in Moscow, Hu
said security cooperation has been an priority of the SCO.
"We shall never lower vigilance against the 'three forces' (of international
terrorism, ethnic separatism and religious extremism), which pose
serious threats to the member countries, still less appease them,"
Hu said.
Long-term tireless efforts are needed to eliminate these evil forces
so as to safeguard regional security and stability, the Chinese president
said.
To cut the financial sources of the "three forces" and fight them
in a more effective way, the fight against drug trafficking should
be put on the agenda of security cooperation.
Hu said institutional building is the top priority of the SCO for
now. Progress has been made in the preparatory work for the establishment
of a SCO secretariat and a regional anti-terrorism center, Hu said.
"We should work even harder to make sure that the secretariat could
be operational within this year. The anti-terror center should be
created as soon as possible."
He pledged that China, as host country to the secretariat, will
provide offices free of charge for the secretariat. More help willalso
be provided, he said.
President Hu arrived here on Monday for a state visit to Russia
and the SCO summit. He will also travel to St. Petersburg for celebrations
marking the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Russian city.
The SCO, launched in Shanghai in June 2001, groups China, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Enditem
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