Li makes the case for closer SCO ties

Premier Li Keqiang on Friday made proposals to deepen cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at its annual prime ministers' meeting in Sochi, Russia.

Li called for strengthened exchanges with other SCO members in regional security, free trade, transportation networks, innovation and production capacity and people-to-people exchanges at the 16th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Minister) of SCO, chaired by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Li called on members to increase trade liberalization and said a feasibility study for an SCO free trade zone should be carried out at an appropriate time to set up a systematic arrangement for regional economic cooperation.