BEIJING: Justice ministers from member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have agreed to continue to strengthen interactions between their ministries and deepen cooperation in legal services.
Based on the agreement, made at the 10th Meeting of the SCO Ministers of Justice in Shanghai on Tuesday, they signed a joint statement emphasizing the importance of cooperation in legal and judicial fields, and continuing regular dialogues and implementing agreements.
Altogether, 11 bilateral and multilateral talks between the member states were held during the meeting, Du Yaling, head of the international cooperation bureau of the Ministry of Justice, which held the meeting, said during a news conference on Wednesday.
The SCO was established 22 years ago and is the world’s largest political, economic and international security and defense organization in terms of population. Its members include China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The meeting involved 300 representatives, including government officials and professionals from the legal service industry, academia and business sectors, from home and abroad. China’s Ministry of Justice signed a cooperation framework with its counterpart in Russia and a cooperation plan with its counterpart in Kyrgyzstan to further clarify the content and form of cooperation in the judicial field, said Du. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
