Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries on Thursday signed ten documents on information security, anti-terrorism, economic and financial cooperation at a summit meeting.

 

The documents include a declaration on the fifth anniversary of the SCO founding, a statement on international information security, a resolution on SCO secretary-general and another on the secretariat, a resolution on fighting terrorism, separatism and extremism from 2007 to 2009, an agreement on joint anti-terrorism actions among member countries, and an agreement on cutting off the infiltration channels of terrorists, separatists and extremists.

 

In addition, there are an agreement on inter-governmental education cooperation, a resolution on the SCO Entrepreneurs' Committee, and an action guideline for the SCO banks consortium.

 

The SCO is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001, by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

 

(Xinhua News Agency June 15, 2006)