Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) — The 8th meeting of heads of border emergency management departments of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and an exchange event on emergency management and cross-border cooperation between China and Central Asia were held in Shanghai, east China, from May 11 to 13.
The meeting discussed approaches to establishing the SCO Emergency Information Exchange System and the China-SCO Emergency Medical Assistance Cooperation Center. In addition, communication mechanisms and information exchange channels were also defined.
China is willing to work with other SCO countries to continuously promote the establishment of cooperation mechanisms in emergency management in border areas and accelerate the development of cooperation in border areas in such areas as joint forest and grassland fire prevention and control, information exchange, cross-border rescue operations, joint exercises and training, according to Liu Shunzhang, an official with China’s Ministry of Emergency Management.
The meeting was attended by heads of territorial emergency response agencies of border regions from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and other countries in online and offline formats. -0-