Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a REGNUM correspondent reports.
The Russian president, like his counterparts, first of all, stressed necessity to increase effort to combat terrorism, extremism and other threats to contemporary world. “Year by year, the SCO is becoming a more substantial factor in securing safety in the region. Today, we are signing an agreement on long-term neighborship and cooperation, which has as a key task securing safety of the SCO countries,” Vladimir Putin said.
Putin also pointed out importance of cooperation of the SCO members and neighbor countries. “Much attention must be paid to improving legislative basis. The system of efficient response being created now can raise effectiveness of securing SCO safety,” he said.
According to Vladimir Putin, a closer cooperation is needed in combating man-caused and natural disasters. “All the SCO countries are interested in stability in our land. We are ready to increase cooperation in the frameworks of fighting emergencies,” he said.
The Russian president called it necessary to cooperate in trade, transportation and new technologies. “I thank my counterparts for the support and congratulations regarding the victory of Sochi in the 2014 Winter Olympics bid,” the Russian leader concluded.
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