Xi: SCO countries should safeguard peace, security

President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to safeguard regional peace and ensure common security.

Xi made the remarks when addressing the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO via video conference in Beijing.

China is willing to work with all parties to implement the Global Security Initiative, adhere to dialogue and consultation to resolve differences, promote political settlement of international and regional issues and jointly build a shelter for regional security, he said.

Xi also called for advancing pragmatic cooperation to speed up economic recovery.

China is willing to work with all parties to implement the Global Development Initiative and adhere to the correct direction of economic globalization, he said.

He urged efforts to oppose protectionism, unilateral sanctions and using national security as a tool for economic coercion, reject attempts to "build walls", decouple or disrupt industrial and supply chains, and strive to make a bigger "pie" of mutually beneficial cooperation.

Efforts should be made to promote synergies between the Belt and Road Initiative and development strategies of various countries, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, accelerate the construction of port infrastructure and regional international logistics corridors and ensure the stability and smoothness of regional industrial chains and supply chains, Xi said.

Noting harmonious development of diverse civilizations is the vision of the people of countries in the region, Xi said China welcomes all parties to implement the Global Civilization Initiative, promote the coexistence of different civilizations and strengthen people-to-people bonds.