BEIJING, July 5, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The opening ceremony of the Trans-Caspian
International Transportation Route was held in Kazakhstan on
Wednesday, marking the debut of Chinese trucks utilizing a road
transport route to reach the Caspian Sea.
Before that, China-Europe freight trains originating from
China and crossing the Caspian Sea
had already maintained seamless operations for two years. Now, a
comprehensive, multi-dimensional network integrating road, rail,
air and pipeline transportation has been established.
As two founding members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO), the project between China
and Kazakhstan showcases the
Shanghai Spirit, which features mutual trust, mutual benefit,
equality, consultation, respect for the diversity of civilizations
and pursuit of common development.
The appeal of Shanghai Spirit continues to grow as Belarus officially joined the SCO during the
24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO in Astana
on Thursday, becoming the 10th member state.
Building a world of universal security
During the SCO summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged member
states to ensure security in the face of a real threat from the
Cold War mentality, address complex and intertwined security
challenges through dialogue and coordination, and respond to the
changing international landscape with a win-win approach to build a
world of lasting peace and universal security.
The SCO members adopted the Astana Declaration, and they vowed
to continue counter-terrorism cooperation and crack down on drug
trafficking as well as transnational organized crime.
The members also called on UN member states to conduct general
and complete disarmament under effective international control,
consolidate the global nuclear nonproliferation regime and oppose
an arms race in outer space, according to an initiative calling for
solidarity among countries to promote world justice, harmony and
development issued on Thursday.
They said in a statement that current security risks and
challenges are global in nature and can only be resolved through
the building of a multipolar world, the improvement of global
economic governance and coordinated efforts to tackle both
conventional and non-conventional security threats.
"Real security can only be realized when every country is
secure," Xi said when attending the "SCO Plus" meeting on
Thursday.
Mutual beneficial cooperation
Xi also noted at the SCO summit that member states should adhere
to mutual benefits and inclusiveness, keep industrial and supply
chains stable and smooth, stimulate the internal impetus of
regional economies and work towards common development goals.
China has been promoting
economic cooperation among SCO member states and has proposed
initiatives such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to promote
common development.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project marked a milestone
project of the BRI as well as a measure to boost connectivity and
trade among the SCO members. The three countries signed an
intergovernmental agreement on the project in June.
Uzbek President Shavkat
Mirziyoyev said that the railway will become the shortest
land route linking China and
Central Asian countries when congratulating the signing via video
link. It will also open up big markets in South Asia and the Middle East, benefiting cooperation among
regional countries and China, he
added.
The railway will begin in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and
enter the territory of Uzbekistan
through Kyrgyzstan. In the future,
it can extend to West Asia and
South Asia.
The SCO members noted in the initiative issued on Thursday that
it is important to continue to defend and strengthen an open,
transparent, equitable, inclusive and non-discriminatory
multilateral trading system to promote the building of an open
world economy.
Covering more than 60 percent of the Eurasian continent and
nearly half of the world's population, the SCO would provide a
strategic opportunity for regional land and sea transport corridors
to play a role, according to the initiative.
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