China to host SCO defence officials meet to discuss future security cooperation: Officials
Defence officials from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will meet in Qingdao, China, on March 26-27, 2025, to discuss future security cooperation. Representatives from ten member states and the SCO secretariat will attend. China plans t...

He said the representatives from defence ministries of the Shanghai SCO member states and its secretariat will attend the meeting and exchange views on future defence and security cooperation.
SCO comprises ten member states -- China, Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus.
SCO has a strong counter terrorism mechanism called Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS).
China is due to hold this year's SCO leaders' summit.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the media here on March 7 that the summit will be held in the Chinese port city of Tianjin in autumn this year.
As the rotating president, China is putting together more than 100 events in political, security, economic and people-to-people fields under the slogan of "Upholding the Shanghai Spirit: SCO on the Move", Wang said.
"We will take real actions to carry forward the Shanghai spirit and promote SCO development", he said.
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