Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

01/18/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/18/2025 23:18

Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin Attends the Reception for the Assumption of Office of the SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev

On January 17, 2025, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin attended and addressed the reception for the assumption of office of the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Nurlan Yermekbayev.

Liu Bin congratulated Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev on his assumption of the new post, and said that the SCO, guided by the Shanghai Spirit, has followed the trend of the times of peaceful development and win-win cooperation, setting a model for building a new type of international relations. As the rotating chair, China is ready to work with SCO partners to deliver on the important common understandings reached by the heads of state, act on the slogan of "Upholding the Shanghai Spirit: SCO on the Move", deepen solidarity and cooperation, improve the SCO mechanism, and build the SCO into an important force for world peace and tranquility, a reliable platform for prosperity and revitalization of member states, and a happy home for people in the region to enjoy better livelihood.

Nurlan Yermekbayev thanked the leaders of the member states for their trust and the support provided by China as the host country of the Secretariat. He expressed the willingness to work closely with the SCO member states to assist China in advancing its work of the chairmanship, so as to inject new impetus into the development of the SCO.