China on Wednesday said that all countries at the SCO Heads of Govt meet on 30th Nov. appreciated India’s hosting of this meeting. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying while talking about India’s initiatives at SCO in hosting 19th meeting of the SCO Council of Head of Govt, said that all the countries spoke highly of the outcomes reached at the meeting hosted by India. She also said that China stands ready to work with India and other members to coordinate and communicate and work together to elevate the SCO and open up another decade of development and cooperation of SCO. India for the first time hosted any such high-level SCO meet since joining the bloc in 2017.
19th meeting of the Council of Heads of Govt was held through video link and leaders talked about enhancing cooperation in host of areas including trade, investment and cultural spheres and reached many consensuses. The meeting ended with the adoption of the Joint Communique.
During the course of its Chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of Government in 2020, India had particularly focused on creating three new pillars of cooperation: Startups and Innovation, Science and Technology and Traditional Medicine and also proposed many other concrete initiatives. India has offered to create and Chair a new Special Working Group on Startups and Innovation and to set up a new Expert Working Group on Cooperation in Traditional Medicine.
On the cultural-humanitarian side, first-ever SCO Digital Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage by the National Museum was inaugurated and the translation of 10 classics of Indian regional literature into Russian and Chinese languages was done. India has also proposed to host the SCO Food Festival in 2021. The underlying thought in these proposals was to move towards creating a shared cultural identity of the SCO region and has found full support from SCO Member States.
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