Home>News Center>China
       
 

Disarmament helps improve border security
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-10-30 00:47

Joint disarmament efforts made by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have improved security along China's 7,000-kilometre-long border with the other four countries, a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.

The disarmament has also bolstered the relationship of the five nations and the development of regional co-operation, said Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Li Hui.

Envoys from China, Russia, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan -- the five members of a joint supervision group on disarmament -- convened a meeting from October 19 to 29 to commemorate the group's fifth anniversary.

The group, established in 1999, is obligated to supervise and implement an agreement on the reduction of military forces, and an agreement on strengthening mutual trust in the military, signed by the five nations in 1996 and 1997.

The five nations, also members of Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO), hold two sessions each year to draw up mutual inspection plans and to supervise the implementation of the two agreements. The SCO is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001, to strengthen mutual trust and good-neighbourliness and friendship among member states.

On Thursday, Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo met delegates from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan in Beijing to discuss military trust and the reduction of military forces in border areas, praising their work as "yielding fruitful results."

"The relationship between China and the other four countries has reached an unprecedented high level," Li Hui said. "The SCO is also entering a new period."

"To carry out the two agreements will help create favorable conditions for the advancement of relations and regional co-operation," Li said.

Li said that the joint supervision group would keep working hard to ensure smooth implementation of the agreements, and make new contributions to the lasting peace and stability in border areas, and to the friendship between China and the other four countries generation after generation.



 
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

China's rate hike contributes to oil price slump

 

   
 

Bad news dogs Bush as election draws near

 

   
 

Traffic law shores up road safety

 

   
 

China takes firm stance on arable land

 

   
 

Beijing Olympic venues on schedule, IOC told

 

   
 

More job vacancies reported in third quarter

 

   
  China raises pension for enterprise retirees
   
  Traffic law shores up road safety
   
  More job vacancies reported in third quarter
   
  Government to upgrade farmer's skills
   
  Fatal plague in Qinghai brought under control
   
  Nation vows to punish snakeheads
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Nations jointly monitor water quality
   
Nations jointly monitor water quality
   
Border issue solved with Kyrgyzstan
   
Consensus on border reached with Viet Nam
   
Yunnan reports US$2.5b in border trade
   
Israel reopens Gaza-Egypt border crossing
   
Borders busier in first half of year
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement