Xi: SCO should back multilateralism

President calls on members to support regional links to Belt and Road Initiative

Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization should follow the trend of economic globalization and build the SCO into a community with a shared future, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

Xi made the remark while delivering a speech at the 19th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital.

SCO members should promote the multilateral trading system, build an open global economy and put forward more policies to facilitate trade and investment, he said.

Xi proposed making full use of cooperation platforms such as the China International Import Expo to promote the openness, exchanges and integration of regional economies.