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SCO defence ministers to discuss intl, regional security issues
ASTANA, March 17 (Itar-Tass) - Defence Ministers - members of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold a meeting here on
Thursday under the chairmanship of Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan
Adilbek Dzhaksybekov. Taking part in the meeting will be the defence
ministers of Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well s SCO Secretary General Muratbek Imanaliyev and Director of the Executive ommittee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Dzhenisbek zhumanbekov.
According to the Kazakh Defence Ministry, the meeting participants
plan to discuss "international and regional security, further enhancing ooperation between the defence ministries of SCO member states."
It was particularly stressed that the meeting is held during the year f Kazakhstan's SCO chairmanship and the year marking 10 years since its stablishment.
"In 2010, the cooperation within the SCO framework was at a high
level. All the planned activities were successfully implemented, and this ives reason to be confident in the cooperation expansion in 2012-2013," Dhaksybekov at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie, who ame to participate in the meeting.
The first meeting of SCO defence ministers was held in 2002, and since 006 they have been held on a regular basis. At a meeting in Bishkek in 2007 the parties fixed priorities of cooperation in the military sphere, including joint efforts to ensure effective responses to situations threatening peace, security and stability in the SCO space. In 2008, the parties signed an agreement on cooperation between the defence ministries.
At the ministerial meeting in Moscow 2009, the SCO member states
adopted a plan of cooperation for 2010-2011, which identified the main
spheres of cooperation, including further strengthening of the dialogue on defence and security, the organisation of symposia for the exchange of experiences in combating terrorism, peacekeeping operations and army building and development. Joint military exercises have been an important component of this partnership. Last year, Peace Mission - 2010 exercises "with the participation of military contingents of all SCO member states were conducted in Kazakhstan.
In addition, the defence ministries are currently preparing for the events to mark the 10th anniversary of the organisation. Its jubilee summit will be held in Astana on June 15.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is an intergovernmental
mutual-security organisation, which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Except for Uzbekistan, the other countries had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organisation.
The SCO is primarily centred on its member nations' Central Asian
security-related concerns, often describing the main threats it confronts as being terrorism, separatism and extremism. At the June 16-17, 2004 SCO summit, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the Regional Antiterrorism Structure (RATS) was established. On April 21, 2006, the SCO announced plans to fight cross-border drug crimes under the counter-terrorism rubric.
In October 2007, the SCO signed an agreement with the Collective
Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, to
broaden cooperation on issues such as security, crime, and drug
trafficking. Joint action plans between the two organisations are planned to be signed by early 2008 in Beijing. The organisation is also redefining cyberwarfare, saying that the dissemination of information "harmful to the spiritual, moral and cultural spheres of other states" should be considered a "security threat." An accord adopted in 2009 defined "information war," in part, as an effort by a state to undermine another's "political, economic, and social systems."
Over the past few years, the organisation's activities have expanded to include increased military cooperation, intelligence sharing, and counterterrorism. There have been a number of SCO joint military exercises. The first of these was held in 2003, with the first phase taking place in Kazakhstan and the second in China. Since then China and Russia have teamed up for large-scale war games in 2005 (Peace Mission 2005), 2007 and 2009, under the auspices of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. At the joint military exercises in 2007 (known as Peace Mission 2007) which took place in Chelyabinsk Russia, near the Ural Mountains and close to Central Asia, as was agreed upon in April 2006 at a meeting of SCO Defence Ministers, more than 4,000 Chinese soldiers participated. Air forces and precision-guided weapons were also likely to be used. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the exercises would be transparent and open to media and the public. Following the war games' successful completion, Russian officials began speaking of India joining such exercises in the future and the SCO taking on a military role. Peace Mission 2010, conducted September 9-25 at Kazakhstan's Matybulak training area, saw over 5,000 personnel from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan conduct joint planning and
operational manoeuvres.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold a meeting here on
Thursday under the chairmanship of Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan
Adilbek Dzhaksybekov. Taking part in the meeting will be the defence
ministers of Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well s SCO Secretary General Muratbek Imanaliyev and Director of the Executive ommittee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Dzhenisbek zhumanbekov.
According to the Kazakh Defence Ministry, the meeting participants
plan to discuss "international and regional security, further enhancing ooperation between the defence ministries of SCO member states."
It was particularly stressed that the meeting is held during the year f Kazakhstan's SCO chairmanship and the year marking 10 years since its stablishment.
"In 2010, the cooperation within the SCO framework was at a high
level. All the planned activities were successfully implemented, and this ives reason to be confident in the cooperation expansion in 2012-2013," Dhaksybekov at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie, who ame to participate in the meeting.
The first meeting of SCO defence ministers was held in 2002, and since 006 they have been held on a regular basis. At a meeting in Bishkek in 2007 the parties fixed priorities of cooperation in the military sphere, including joint efforts to ensure effective responses to situations threatening peace, security and stability in the SCO space. In 2008, the parties signed an agreement on cooperation between the defence ministries.
At the ministerial meeting in Moscow 2009, the SCO member states
adopted a plan of cooperation for 2010-2011, which identified the main
spheres of cooperation, including further strengthening of the dialogue on defence and security, the organisation of symposia for the exchange of experiences in combating terrorism, peacekeeping operations and army building and development. Joint military exercises have been an important component of this partnership. Last year, Peace Mission - 2010 exercises "with the participation of military contingents of all SCO member states were conducted in Kazakhstan.
In addition, the defence ministries are currently preparing for the events to mark the 10th anniversary of the organisation. Its jubilee summit will be held in Astana on June 15.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is an intergovernmental
mutual-security organisation, which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Except for Uzbekistan, the other countries had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organisation.
The SCO is primarily centred on its member nations' Central Asian
security-related concerns, often describing the main threats it confronts as being terrorism, separatism and extremism. At the June 16-17, 2004 SCO summit, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the Regional Antiterrorism Structure (RATS) was established. On April 21, 2006, the SCO announced plans to fight cross-border drug crimes under the counter-terrorism rubric.
In October 2007, the SCO signed an agreement with the Collective
Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, to
broaden cooperation on issues such as security, crime, and drug
trafficking. Joint action plans between the two organisations are planned to be signed by early 2008 in Beijing. The organisation is also redefining cyberwarfare, saying that the dissemination of information "harmful to the spiritual, moral and cultural spheres of other states" should be considered a "security threat." An accord adopted in 2009 defined "information war," in part, as an effort by a state to undermine another's "political, economic, and social systems."
Over the past few years, the organisation's activities have expanded to include increased military cooperation, intelligence sharing, and counterterrorism. There have been a number of SCO joint military exercises. The first of these was held in 2003, with the first phase taking place in Kazakhstan and the second in China. Since then China and Russia have teamed up for large-scale war games in 2005 (Peace Mission 2005), 2007 and 2009, under the auspices of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. At the joint military exercises in 2007 (known as Peace Mission 2007) which took place in Chelyabinsk Russia, near the Ural Mountains and close to Central Asia, as was agreed upon in April 2006 at a meeting of SCO Defence Ministers, more than 4,000 Chinese soldiers participated. Air forces and precision-guided weapons were also likely to be used. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the exercises would be transparent and open to media and the public. Following the war games' successful completion, Russian officials began speaking of India joining such exercises in the future and the SCO taking on a military role. Peace Mission 2010, conducted September 9-25 at Kazakhstan's Matybulak training area, saw over 5,000 personnel from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan conduct joint planning and
operational manoeuvres.
