国内英语资讯:Full text of Chinese premiers speech at SCO meeting_时事

国内英语资讯:Full text of Chinese premiers speech at SCO meeting

DUSHANBE, Oct. 12 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered a speech at the 17th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of Government here on Friday.

The following is the full text of the speech:

Speech by H.E. Li Keqiang

Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

At the 17th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Dushanbe, 12 October 2018

Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda,

Colleagues,

It gives me great pleasure to join you in Tajikistan, the country of mountains, for the 17th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). On behalf of the Chinese government, I wish to thank the government of Tajikistan for the thoughtful preparations and arrangements made for our meeting.

Since its inception 17 years ago, the SCO has achieved fruitful results in security, economic, and people-to-people exchanges and cooperation, and contributed to peace and stability of the Eurasian continent and development and prosperity of the region.

Last June, the first SCO summit with an expanded membership was successfully held in Qingdao, China. At this milestone event, the Qingdao Declaration was adopted and a blueprint was drawn up for SCO's development in the new historical stage. President Xi Jinping and other SCO leaders reached important consensus on further promoting the Shanghai Spirit under the new circumstances, enhancing unity and mutual trust among old and new members, fostering an even closer SCO community with a shared future, and building a community with a shared future for mankind. The Qingdao Summit injected strong impetus into SCO's future development. The international community looks to the SCO to exert greater influence and play a bigger role in regional and international affairs.