President Xi urges SCO member states to make security a key priority
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members to prioritize security and combat terrorism, separatism, and transnational crime. He also emphasized the need for multilateral cooperation on nuclear safety and warned against external interference in internal affairs.
Why it matters
The speech signals China's intent to consolidate its influence within the SCO and frame regional security through a non-Western lens.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) called on the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to make security a key priority and crack down on terrorism, separatism and extremism, transnational organised crimes, drug trafficking and telecom fraud.
"We should stay committed to taking security as a key goal, and foster an environment of common security. We should pursue coordinated measures to tackle traditional and non-traditional security threats,” Mr. Xi said while addressing the SCO summit in the Kyrgyz capital attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and others.
"We should crack down on the three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism, transnational organised crime, drug trafficking, and telecom fraud,” he added.
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