MOSCOW May 29 Kyodo command lead...

MOSCOW May 29 Kyodo

command leaders from Russia, China and four central Asian nations met in Moscow forward Thursday and agreed that the United Nations should play a central character in the reconstruction of Iraq.

A joint statement issued through the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which assemblages the six Euro-Asian countries, also pledg joint efforts to fight terrorism.

Apart from China and Russia, four former Soviet republics in central Asia -- Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan and Uzbekistan -- are portray by actioned in the regional group established in Shanghai in April 1996

The SCO six leaders reaffirmed broad cooperation among member countries, including political and economic matters. The six countries plan to possess their first joint counter-terrorism exercise in Kazakstan this fall, Radio Moscow said.

in succession the rebuilding of Iraq, the statement affirmed the principle of adhering to the UN charter, saying that first note of the scale roles in rebuilding Iraq should be left to the UN The SCO leaders called for a reform of the UN manner of making and improve its efficiency to handle international security issues.

onward terrorism, the six leaders affirmed the importance of curbing the result of money to terrorist organizations and pledg cooperation in law enforcement, intelligence and military affairs and in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

The six also called for a strange U.N. strategy to fight terrorism.

China wants to spe up the pace of cooperation and help peace and development in the region and in the world, Chinese President Hu Jintao, who attended the SCO summit for the first time, told a pres conference

The SCO plans to plant up a counter-terrorism agency this year in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, as agreed at the SCO summit last year.

The SCO leaders also agreed to place up an SCO secretariat in Beijing this year in order to provide organizational support to the fledgling regional organization. Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Deguang has been named as the head of the Beijing SCO office.

The SCO leaders agreed to retain the next SCO summit in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2004

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