BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 2. China expects Azerbaijan to actively participate in SCO, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Liu Jianchao said during a conference themed "Azerbaijan - China: Strategic Partnership, Consolidation, and Promotion of Cooperation in the Global South," Trend reports.
"This year, China is chairing the SCO and hosting the organization's summit, as well as a number of other events. We welcome Azerbaijan's participation and hope that the country will play a more significant role in the SCO," Jianchao said.
He emphasized that Azerbaijan and China are in cahoots, working hand in glove to push forward a well-rounded concept of Asian security rooted in cooperation.
"In December last year, Azerbaijan became the chair of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). China, as a founding country, supports Azerbaijan's efforts to develop this mechanism, seeking to raise it to a higher level and turn it into a stable factor for the region," he added.
Jianchao also recalled that last year, Azerbaijan hosted COP29, achieving important results with the active support of China and the Global South countries.
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