Struggle against terrorism and drug trafficking - basis of EU, SCO cooperation
Astana. April 6. Kazakhstan Today - The main commonality of the European Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) can be the issues of struggle against international terrorism and production and transit of drugs. The special EU representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel said at the international conference: SCO: opportunities of partnership with EU.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, the conference took place on Tuesday in Berlin by the initiative of the German Council on Foreign Policy and the Eastern Committee of the German Economy. SCO Secretary General Bolat Nurgaliyev, the EU special representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel, the experts from SCO member states, representatives of the German political structures and funds, and the Embassies accredited in the German capital took part in the conference.
During the conference the exchange of opinions on SCO condition and prospects, opportunities of cooperation with the international organizations, including EU, took place.
The main objectives of the organization are strengthening stability and safety on the wide space uniting the member states, struggle against terrorism, separatism, extremism, drug trafficking, development of economic cooperation, energy partnership, scientific and cultural interaction. In this respect SCO is a transparent organization ready for development of interaction with other international structures and the states, the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs states.
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