SCO can play 'bigger role' in Afghanistan

BONN, Germany - China wants the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to play a bigger role in Afghanistan's peace and reconstruction process, said Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

Yang made the call in his speech at the International Afghanistan Conference in the German city of Bonn on Monday, where he also pledged that China would continue to "take concrete steps" to help Afghanistan.

"The role of the SCO and other existing international organizations in the cooperation mechanisms should be brought into full play," Yang said.