Li calls on SCO to promote multilateralism

Premier Li Keqiang urged member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Friday to further enhance multilateral trade cooperation and facilitate trade and investment liberalization, unleashing bigger potential for common development.

Li made the remarks while addressing the 17th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the SCO in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. The meeting is an annual gathering of the bloc to expand all-around cooperation and promote stability in the region.

At a time when economic globalization is facing twists and turns and the multilateral trade system is shaken, SCO member countries, as beneficiaries of global trade liberalization, should continue to firmly support trade liberalization and a rule-based multilateral trade system, Li said.