BEIJING, China: The first Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media Summit was held in Beijing, China’s Capital, on June 1, 2018.
The Media Summit was attended by leaders, representatives, diplomats and media delegates of member and observer states of the SCO.
In his key note speech, the Member of the Political Bureau and Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Huang Kunming delivered President Xi Jinping’s message, and termed the event as an iconic occasion, made possible due to President Xi’s commitment to enhance media co-operation amongst SCO member states.
Huang Kunming said that given the destabilizing environment faced by the World, development of a mutually beneficial strategy to address our common concerns, aided through pivotal role of media, is the need of the day.
The Additional Secretary of Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Shafqat Jalil, leading Pakistani delegation, congratulated SCO member states representatives for successfully organizing the Media Summit.
Shafqat Jalil said that media can play a positive role in promoting inter-SCO harmony for maintaining peace, security and stability in the region and SCO provides the perfect platform. He termed Pakistani media as vibrant with potential for tremendous growth through collaboration of media organizations under the SCO umbrella.
The Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of CPC Jiang Jianguo conducted the proceedings of the 1st SCO Media Summit hosted by China. Ambassador of Pakistan Masood Khalid and SCO Secretary General Rashid Alimov were also present on the occasion.
The Summit concluded with launch of the “1st Shanghai Cooperation Organization Media Summit Initiative on Strengthening Media Exchanges and Cooperation” followed by signing ceremony of MoU and agreements.
