Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states attend a signing ceremony on Dec 15 after the 14th Meeting of Prime Ministers of SCO in Zhengzhou, Henan province on December 15, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]
The 14th prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is drawing to close in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, with the signing of a joint communiqué.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called on all SCO member states to step up efforts in the cooperation of security, capacity, interconnection, finance, regional trade and people's livelihoods.
During the two-day meeting, heads of government from the SCO member states also exchanged ideas on cooperation in the fields of investment, finance, transportation and cultural communication.
The SCO, founded in 2001, currently has six member states--China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, with Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan as observers and Belarus, Turkey and Sri Lanka as dialogue partners.