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Food security-one of priority areas in SCO activities
DUSHANBE, November 25 (Itar-Tass) - Participants in the meeting of the council of the SCO heads of government, which opened in Dushanbe on Thursday, called food security among priority areas in the organisation's operation.
The discussion on this issue was opened by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao. "The Chinese side regards as very important for the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation the consolidation of agriculture for settling issues of food security," Jiabao said.
In the premier's opinion, one of the ways for settling this problem is "establishment of joint ventures in the agro-industrial complex, creation of other effective mechanisms under conditions of the continuing world economic crisis".
The Chinese colleague was actively backed by Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva participating in the meeting. "Kyrgyzstan is a country with a huge and unused agrarian potential," she noted, stressing that "the republic runs even now into serious food problems".
Tajik premier Akil Akilov called the question of food security very acute. According to UN experts, over half of the country's population of 7.5 million lives below the poverty line.
Meeting participants gave much attention in their speeches to raising efficiency of trade and economic cooperation within the organisation, creation of a transit transport corridor and solution of the problem in the water-energy sphere.
The meeting paid attention to the situation in the region, including in the SCO zone of responsibility.
Speakers underlined the urgency of extensive measures to counter
modern challenges - international terrorism and drug proliferation.
Summing up discussion results at a meeting with local and foreign
reporters, premier Akilov called the present SCO meeting a "benchmark", stressing that the organisation has been conducting its activities "at a high level of confidence" over nearly a decade.
"The SCO prestige is on the rise in the world, which is evidenced by a desire of some states to join our organisation, and these proposals are being examined," the Tajik premier concluded.
The meeting of the council was attended by representatives from
observer countries Iran, Pakistan and Mongolia.
The discussion on this issue was opened by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao. "The Chinese side regards as very important for the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation the consolidation of agriculture for settling issues of food security," Jiabao said.
In the premier's opinion, one of the ways for settling this problem is "establishment of joint ventures in the agro-industrial complex, creation of other effective mechanisms under conditions of the continuing world economic crisis".
The Chinese colleague was actively backed by Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva participating in the meeting. "Kyrgyzstan is a country with a huge and unused agrarian potential," she noted, stressing that "the republic runs even now into serious food problems".
Tajik premier Akil Akilov called the question of food security very acute. According to UN experts, over half of the country's population of 7.5 million lives below the poverty line.
Meeting participants gave much attention in their speeches to raising efficiency of trade and economic cooperation within the organisation, creation of a transit transport corridor and solution of the problem in the water-energy sphere.
The meeting paid attention to the situation in the region, including in the SCO zone of responsibility.
Speakers underlined the urgency of extensive measures to counter
modern challenges - international terrorism and drug proliferation.
Summing up discussion results at a meeting with local and foreign
reporters, premier Akilov called the present SCO meeting a "benchmark", stressing that the organisation has been conducting its activities "at a high level of confidence" over nearly a decade.
"The SCO prestige is on the rise in the world, which is evidenced by a desire of some states to join our organisation, and these proposals are being examined," the Tajik premier concluded.
The meeting of the council was attended by representatives from
observer countries Iran, Pakistan and Mongolia.
