SCO meet: In veiled jibe at US, China's Xi warns against attempts to foment new 'cold war'

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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday warned against external attempts to foment a new "Cold War" in the region and called on the SCO member countries to safeguard regional peace and ensure common security by cracking down on terrorism through joint operations...

Addressing the 23rd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State (CHS) presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a virtual format, President Xi also urged the member states to "truly respect" each other's core interests and major concerns...

In his address, Xi also made a pitch for the SCO members to synergise high-quality cooperation under his pet multi-billion dollar project the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with various countries' development strategies and regional cooperation initiatives...

"Promoting economic growth is a common task for all countries in the region, he said.. "China stands ready to work with all sides to implement the Global Development Initiative (GDI) also proposed by him to keep to the right direction of economic globalisation, oppose protectionism unilateral sanctions and the overstretching of national security, and reject the moves of setting up barriers, decoupling and severing supply chains," he said...

In the coming three years, China will provide SCO member states with 1,000 International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarships, offer 3,000 'Chinese Bridge' summer camp opportunities, and invite 100 young scientists to China for scientific research exchanges," he said.. China will also host events on rural revitalization and climate response, he said...

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