The 19th meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on August 24, 2022. Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe attended and addressed the meeting via video link.
上海合作组织成员国国防部长第19次会议8月24日在乌兹别克斯坦塔什干举行，国务委员兼国防部长魏凤和以视频方式参会并发表讲话。
Wei said that the human society is facing multiple crises and severe challenges rarely seen in history. The more in the times of difficulties and crisis, the more we must work together to overcome difficulties. The Global Security Initiative (GSI) proposed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping has provided a right solution to international security challenges. China is willing to work with other countries to uphold international fairness, justice and world peace and tranquility.
魏凤和说，人类社会正面临史上罕见的多重危机和严峻挑战，越是困难时刻，危机关头，越要精诚团结、共克时艰。习近平主席提出的全球安全倡议，为应对国际安全挑战提供了正确方案，中国愿同各国一道，共同维护国际公平正义和世界和平安宁。
He stressed that Taiwan is China's Taiwan and the Taiwan question is China's internal affair. China firmly opposes, condemns and takes resolute countermeasures to the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to China's Taiwan region in early August. China's position has been widely understood and supported by more than 170 countries and international organizations in the world, which China appreciates.
魏凤和说，台湾是中国的台湾，台湾问题是中国的内政。本月初，美国国会众议长佩洛西窜访中国台湾，中方强烈反对、严厉谴责、坚决反制。中国的立场得到世界上170多个国家和国际组织的普遍理解和支持，中方对此表示赞赏。
Wei also pointed out that through continuous exploration and development, the SCO has become a model of harmonious coexistence and win-win cooperation among countries with different civilizations and systems, and has blazed a successful path of a new type of regional organization. The defense departments and militaries of the SCO member states should foster the concept of a security community, lay a solid foundation for cooperation, improve operational systems and enrich cooperation contents, deepen SCO defense and security cooperation, and make joint efforts to build a solid barrier for common and universal security.
魏凤和说，经过不断探索发展，上合组织已成为不同文明、不同制度国家和睦相处、合作共赢的典范，走出一条新型区域组织的成功之路。各成员国防务部门和军队应树立安全共同体理念，打牢合作基础、完善运行体制、丰富合作内涵，不断深化上合组织防务安全合作，合力筑牢维护共同安全、普遍安全的坚实屏障。
