In the run-up to Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Morgulov gave an interview to Rossiiskaya Gazeta, the website of the Foreign Ministry reported.
According to Morgulov, “The SCO region accounts for almost 50% of the world’s population and about 25% of global GDP and could become a practical venue for launching work to forge a Greater Eurasian Partnership – a broad integration configuration resting on a network of regional associations and transcontinental projects based on the principles of transparency and mutual respect and intended to promote economic cooperation on the continent, develop a common transport and energy infrastructure and encourage technological progress.”
“Life itself dictates the need for deeper cooperation in economic and high-tech digitalization, investment and industrial production. The SCO focuses on efforts to maintain transport, food, energy and environmental security,” he said.