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SCO foreign ministers calls for joining efforts in fight against terrorism - Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. The foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries call for soonest adoption of UN convention on fighting international terrorism, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. "The ministers call for soonest adoption of the comprehensive UN convention on fighting international terrorism and establishing an effective platform of broad cooperation to counter threats and challenges to regional security," the foreign ministry said. "The ministers are confident that it is possible to defeat and eliminate this evil only by stepping up joint efforts, developing measures aimed at both symptoms and roots of the problem, and by joint consolidated efforts of the international community on the firm basis of international law and common approaches," the ministry added. The foreign ministers stressed "the importance of developing coordinated political approaches in the fight against terrorism, establishing cooperation with international and regional organizations, SCO observer states and dialogue partners, as well as with other countries, with the aim of creating conditions for expanding cooperation in the fight against terrorism in the current situation," the foreign ministry said. The Council of Foreign Ministers of SCO member countries meets today in Tashkent. In 2016, Uzbekistan chairs the organization, and the SCO summit will be held in Tashkent on June 23-24. Read more

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