Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the 24th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on Thursday.
Kazakhstan's President Tokayev, president of the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, chaired the meeting, which was also attended by Belarusian President Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, Kyrgyz President Japarov, and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbek President Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev, Acting President of Iran Mohammad Mokhber, representatives of India and the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Xi Jinping took a group photo with leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states.
In his speech, Xi praised Kazakhstan's positive efforts and important contributions to promoting the improvement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's operational mechanism and deepening cooperation in various fields during its tenure as the rotating chairmanship, and invited Belarus to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit as a member country for the first time.
The Heads of State of the GOS member states signed and issued the "Astana Declaration of the GOS Council of Heads of State", which endorsed the GOS initiative to unite all countries to promote justice, harmony and development in the world and recommendations to improve the operational mechanism of the GOS, issued a declaration on the principles of good neighbourliness, mutual trust and partnership, as well as a series of resolutions covering cooperation in energy, investment, information security and other areas.
The meeting formally approved Belarus' membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and decided that China will assume the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation from 2024 to 2025.
Cai Qi (Cai Qi), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi (Wang I), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and other Chinese officials also participated in the above activities.
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