SCO Justice Ministers discuss cooperation in legal sphere
20/10/2017 19:11
SCO Justice Ministers discuss cooperation in legal sphere
20/10/2017 19:11
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The fifth meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Tashkent on 20 October 2017.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization - the Ministers of Justice of India, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, the Deputy Minister of Justice of China, and the SCO observer states - the Ministers of Justice of Afghanistan, Belarus and Iran.
During the meeting, the ministers considered issues on further intensification of cooperation to ensure rule of law, protect the rights and legitimate interests of citizens, as well as exchange of relevant experience.
Ministers considered development of a long-term strategy to consistently improve the quality of rendering legal services to citizens and businesses, introduction of modern mechanisms for legal support for investments in the SCO space.
The Uzbek side proposed to develop investment legislation and create additional legal conditions for facilitating investment and eliminating bureaucratic barriers in this process.
SCO justice officials discussed improvement of mechanisms of providing legal assistance to the citizens of the SCO member states in civil and family issues.
The meeting approved legal mechanisms to improve the effectiveness of the working groups on interaction in the field of forensic examination and legal services in the SCO member states.
Following the meeting, the Ministers of Justice of the SCO member states signed a Joint Statement. It reflects the main directions for further development of cooperation between the ministries of justice of the SCO member states.
Within the framework of the meeting, the delegation of the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan held bilateral talks with the delegations of the Ministries of Justice of the Republic of India, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the People’s Republic of China.
The ministers of justice of the SCO member states and observers on the same day got acquainted with the activities of the Tashkent State Law University. Members of delegations will visit Samarkand on 21 October.
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