On September 5, the tenth Meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) took place in Shanghai, China. At this meeting, Kazakhstan assumed the chairmanship of the SCO Meeting of the Ministers of Justice.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Chen Wenqing, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of China, and the Secretary-General of the SCO, along with representatives from member states, participated in the meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n During the meeting, Kazakhstan\u2019s Minister of Justice, Azamat Yeskarayev, stated that the priorities set by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for Kazakhstan\u2019s chairmanship in the SCO would hold strategic significance for all SCO member states. He emphasized that the focus during Kazakhstan\u2019s chairmanship would be combating \u201cthe three forces of evil\u201d: transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, and cybercrime. These goals align with President Tokayev\u2019s State of the Nation Address, \u201cEconomic Course of a Just Kazakhstan,\u201d delivered on September 1, 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Yeskarayev also said that the chairmanship by Kazakhstan\u2019s Ministry of Justice would significantly contribute to the development and strengthening of the SCO.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The meeting proceeded in an atmosphere of mutual understanding, openness, and constructive dialogue. Participants discussed innovations in the functioning of the Ministries of Justice and acknowledged the need for further development in legal services and forensic activities. They agreed to reconvene next year in Kazakhstan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Ministers of Justice from the SCO member states concluded the meeting by signing a Joint Statement. In addition, the Kazakh delegation engaged in bilateral and multilateral talks aimed at fostering cooperation among the justice ministries of the SCO member states.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \nInformation contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider. Binary News Network and this site make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. If you are affiliated with this page and would like it removed please contact contact@binarynewsnetwork.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On September 5, the tenth Meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) took place in Shanghai, China. At this meeting, Kazakhstan assumed the chairmanship of the SCO Meeting of the Ministers of Justice. Chen Wenqing, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of China, and the Secretary-General of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoulchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n