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Fireworks, cruise precede SCO summit
www.chinanews.cn 2006-06-15 08:56:15
(Source: Xinhua)
SHANGHAI, June 15 - Fireworks lit up Shanghai's sky Wednesday night when
participants to the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
enjoyed the city's nightscape from a sightseeing boat cruising along the
Huangpu River.
Aboard the boat were Chinese President Hu Jintao, Kazakh President
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Russian
President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov and Uzbek
President Islam Karimov.
The special treat was given on the eve of the annual meeting of the
intergovernmental organization slated for Thursday, five years after the
SCO was established in China's largest city.
In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the SCO, the six member
countries have invited to the summit presidents of Mongolia, Pakistan and
Iran, and a representative of the Indian government. The four countries
hold SCO observer status.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will also attend the SCO summit as a guest
of the host country.
The honored participants received warm welcome from hospitable Chinese as
they came into spotlight successively at Shanghai Pudong International
Airport. Children presented them with bouquets.
On Wednesday afternoon, Chinese President Hu Jintao joined his
counterparts from the other five SCO members to plant a magnolia tree at
a hotel in western Shanghai.
Magnolia flower is the symbol of Shanghai. Magnolia trees can live for as
long as 1,000 years. It is said the long-lived tree signifies the SCO's
vitality.
Hu also held separate talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev,
Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov and Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov,
stressing China's determination to strengthen good neighborly ties with
these countries and enhance anti-terrorism cooperation with all the SCO
members.
One major function of the SCO is to fight the "three evil forces" of
terrorism, separatism and extremism, said Liu Jianchao, spokesman for the
Chinese delegation to the SCO summit, at a news briefing in the media
center of the summit Wednesday night.
He said anti-terrorism has become a consensus of the international
community and does not allow double standards.
"Under the current international situation, a single nation can hardly
accomplish the fight against terrorism. The international community
should join hands to combat terrorism," Liu said.
"All security measures in the city for the summit are necessary to ensure
a smooth proceeding of the meeting and the safety of all participants,"
he told dozens of reporters, his voice hardly audible as crackers and
fireworks banged outside.
In a latest move to promote regional economic cooperation, a SCO
Entrepreneurs' Committee was established Wednesday. The committee is a
non-governmental organization to promote multilateral cooperation in
trade, finance, science and technology,energy, transportation,
telecommunication and agriculture.
Also on Wednesday, the SCO Banks Consortium accepted Settlement and
Savings Company of Kyrgyzstan as a full member. The consortium,
established in Moscow last October to render financial support to enhance
regional trade and economic cooperation, has comprised one bank from each
of the SCO member countries.
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