SCO countries adopt final declaration

The Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) approved the Tianjin Declaration following the summit in China, RBC-Ukraine reported.

The member states reaffirmed their readiness to cooperate on security issues, including risks related to artificial intelligence, and expressed their intention to expand military cooperation.

The participants condemned US and Israeli strikes on Iran, stressed the inadmissibility of damage to nuclear facilities, and rejected the E3 initiative to reinstate UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran.

Other provisions included recognizing states’ right to regulate the internet within their borders, developing cooperation in countering drug trafficking, and merging the statuses of observer and dialogue partner.