Less than 24 hours before the end of the SCO summit, a rather surprising piece of news came out of Kyrgyzstan. According to the press center of the country's Security Council, they succeeded in preventing a large-scale riot attempted by a group of militants in Kyrgyzstan and thwarted a coup plot by the militants that they tried to use the riot to launch. After a period of investigation, all the suspects involved in this conspiracy have been arrested.
As one of the Central Asian countries, Kyrgyzstan is not a big country, with a population of only more than 7 million, an average economy, and no great influence in the world, if they are not one of our neighbors, I am afraid that most of the audience will not know that there is such a country in the world, let alone pay special attention to what happened to them, even if the coup is successful, it does not seem to have much impact on the relations between the five Central Asian countries. But this time, we really have to pay attention, because it is very likely that China's future interests are involved.
Friends who pay attention to the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway should know that this project, which has been discussed for nearly 30 years, finally came to an end last month and was promoted by the three countries. As long as the project is completed and opened to traffic, it will become a transportation artery connecting Central Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia, West Asia, North Africa and even Southern Europe, promoting the exchange of people and logistics between Asia and Europe, and playing a pivotal role in the global road network system. As a result, as soon as Kyrgyzstan signed such a big deal with China, it almost had a coup d'état. Once the new coup government comes to power, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project may be shelved again, so this incident is not only a wake-up call for the current government of Kyrgyzstan, but also a wake-up call for China. Although all the extremists have now been arrested, the Kyrgyzstan side can ask each question about why the coup d'état was launched and whether there is any support from other countries behind it. But there is one thing that we now have to think about, and that is how to ensure the safety of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
According to the analysis, the key to ensuring that the interests of China and many of its partner countries are not undermined is to give full play to the SCO's initiative. You must know that the purpose of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is not only to promote economic and trade exchanges between countries, but also to cooperate in the fields of counter-terrorism and public security.
We can take this opportunity to give full play to the strength of the SCO and strengthen cooperation with Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and other countries in the fields of counter-terrorism and security, put an end to the possibility of color revolutions and coups d'état in relevant countries, eradicate the opportunity for the interference of evil forces of foreign countries, and ensure a favorable environment for the smooth implementation of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project.