China to host SCO defence officials meet to discuss future security cooperation: Officials

Beijing, Mar  14: Defence officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold a two-day meeting in Qingdao city of China later this month to discuss future security cooperation between the member states, an official said on Friday.

"The first meeting of international military cooperation organs of the SCO member states for 2025 will be held in Qingdao city of east China's Shandong province from March 26 to 27," Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, the spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defence (MND), told a media briefing here.

He said the representatives from defence ministries of the Shanghai SCO member states and its secretariat will attend the meeting and exchange views on future defence and security cooperation.