The joint communique following the results of meeting of Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of state members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

of September 23, 2003

On September 23, 2003 in Beijing the meeting of Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of state members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (further - SCO or the Organization) took place in which the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan D.K.Akhmetov, the Prime minister of the State Council of People's Republic of China Wen Jiabao, the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic N. T. Tanayev, the Russian Prime Minister M. M. Kasyanov, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan A. K. Akilov, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan U. T. Sultanov participated.

Heads of governments of six countries in the atmosphere of friendship, mutual understanding and constructibility discussed questions of strengthening of mechanisms of SCO and deepening of cooperation in trade and economic and other areas and reached broad mutual understanding.

1. Heads of governments with satisfaction note that from the moment of creation of SCO consecutive work on its organizational construction is conducted, the cooperation in all areas continuously extends and goes deep. The organization gradually becomes the important mechanism of interaction aimed at ensuring stability and safety in the region of Central Asia, and joint development of state members. SCO already uses the growing attention from the world community.

Top-level successful meeting in Moscow in May, 2003 has basic value for formation of the Organization. The arrangements and decisions reached at the summit in Moscow demonstrate that the Organization enters the period of the all-round development, and are the important directing reference points in all further work of SCO.

Within SCO the multi-profile and multi-level mechanism of meetings is created and the corresponding legal base is pledged. Full-scale start of two permanent bodies of SCO - the Secretariat in Beijing and Regional anti-terrorist structure (RATS) in Tashkent - no later than January 1, 2004 as it is provided by decisions of the Moscow summit will be important for the Organization.

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