Андрей Тихомиров
China: countering terrorism
Implementation of China's cooperation with foreign countries in countering international terrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China on an official visit in June 2016, during which he held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and discussed, among other things, issues of Syrian settlement and stability in Central Asia, taking into account Afghan issues, as well as cooperation in the field of energy . As a result of the negotiations, more than 50 documents were signed. Putin later met with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Tashkent. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) believes that the main direction of common activity is ensuring security in the SCO spaces. It is necessary to further increase the potential of the regional anti-terrorist structure, improve the coordination of law enforcement agencies within the UN and other international organizations, speed up the preparation of the draft SCO Convention on Combating Extremism, and update the anti-drug strategy and program for its implementation. The SCO countries also spoke out against the unilateral build-up of missile defense systems, territorial integrity and the political process in Syria, and agreed to help Afghanistan. In the economy – the development of a single space in Eurasia, trade and transport routes, energy systems. During his visit to China, Putin also met with the Prime Minister of the State Council of China and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. During Vladimir Putin's visit to China, an agreement was signed between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on the creation of a new passenger airliner. A specially created Russian-Chinese joint venture is working on the project. It is engaged in the development, production, sales and after-sales services of wide-body long-haul aircraft. The scope of his activities will also include investment and financial activities for the project.
Moscow and Beijing stressed the need to prevent the emergence of terrorist safe havens and the importance of combating the spread of terrorist ideology, radical ideas that give rise to terrorism, stopping recruitment, preventing the movement of terrorists and foreign fighters, strengthening border controls and having effective legal aid and extradition mechanisms. Moreover, emphasizing the need for a strong international legal regime based on the principle of “zero tolerance for direct or indirect support of terrorism,” the parties called on the international community to make real efforts aimed at adopting a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism in the near future. The countries are drawing closer together militarily, holding their first joint naval exercises in the South China Sea, and working together to oppose US plans to deploy a missile defense system in South Korea.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an international organization founded in 2001 by the leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. With the exception of Uzbekistan, the rest of the countries were members of the Shanghai Five, founded as a result of the signing in 1996-1997. agreements between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia and Tajikistan on strengthening confidence in the military field and on the mutual reduction of armed forces in the border area.
In accordance with the decisions of the Council of Heads of State and the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers), heads of line ministries and/or departments of member states regularly hold meetings to consider specific issues of developing interaction in relevant areas within the SCO. To prepare and conduct meetings, by prior agreement of the Member States, working groups of experts may be created on a permanent or temporary basis, carrying out their activities in accordance with the work regulations approved at meetings of heads of ministries and/or departments. These groups are formed from representatives of ministries and/or departments of member states.
The regional anti-terrorist structure of the member states of the Shanghai Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism of June 15, 2001 is a permanent body of the SCO. Its main tasks and functions, principles of formation and financing, as well as the procedure for operating are regulated by a separate international treaty concluded between the member states and other necessary documents adopted by them.
The Secretariat is a permanent administrative body of the SCO. It provides organizational and technical support for events held within the SCO and prepares proposals for the annual budget of the Organization.
As for membership in the SCO, the organization is open to admitting other states in the region that undertake to comply with the goals and principles of the Charter, as well as the provisions of other international treaties and documents adopted within the SCO. The decision on the admission of new members to the SCO is made by the Council of Heads of State upon the proposal of the Council of Foreign Ministers on the basis of an official application from the interested state sent to the current Chairman of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
