The annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) began in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday.
Leaders of SCO's six member states -- Chinese President Hu Jintao, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon and Uzbek President Islam Karimov -- addressed the summit and inked a long-term treaty of good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation.
Leaders and representatives from SCO's observer countries -- Mongolia, Pakistan, Iran and India -- also delivered speeches at the summit.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and United Nations Under-Secretary-General B. Lynn Pascoe attended the summit as guests of the host country.
Founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001 as an intergovernmental organization, the SCO groups China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with Mongolia, Pakistan, Iran and India holding observer status.
At present, SCO members cooperate in a wide range of fields, including security, economy, transportation, culture, disaster relief and law enforcement, with security and economic cooperation being their top priorities.
Source: Xinhua
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