By DPA,
Beijing : The premiers of China, Russia and four Central Asian nations Wednesday held a summit under the security-focussed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, host nation China said.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and their counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were scheduled to attend the summit at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.
China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said the six premiers would “make an in-depth analysis of current international and regional situations” and discuss their recent cooperation in the economic and cultural fields.
The leaders planned to discuss Afghanistan and “further strengthen the determination to jointly fight against terrorism,” Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya told reporters last week.
“Following the meeting, the prime ministers will issue a joint communique, approve several resolutions on the organisation’s internal affairs like finance and witness the signing of a customs cooperation protocol,” Wang said.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was founded in 2001 to enhance security cooperation between its six member states.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and senior officials from India, Mongolia and Iran planned to attend the summit as observers.