During its rotating chairmanship in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Tajikistan will pay attention to the issues of ensuring cyber security and addressing social causes of the three evils – terrorism, separatism and extremism.
Tajik Ambassador to China Zohir Saidzoda remarked this at a media briefing that took place at the SCO Secretariat on January 12.
Permanent representatives of the SCO member nations to the SCO Secretariat, more than 30 journalists and about 25 participants watched the briefing online, according to the SCO’s official website.
Saidzoda reportedly emphasized that Tajikistan attached significance to cooperation on providing security and stability in the SCO area.
According to him, countering the spread of radical ideology, especially among youth, and the use of new technologies, including Internet resources, for criminal purposes requires collective efforts.
Along with issues of providing cyber security, attention should be paid to the continuation of work to eliminate the social causes of the manifestations of the three evils – terrorism, separatism and extremism, Ambassador Saidzoda noted.
The Three Evils is a political slogan of the People's Republic of China defined as terrorism, separatism (or "splittism") and religious extremism. The phrase refers to declared counter-terrorism operations undertaken by China, Central Asian republics, and Russia, primarily as related to Xinjiang. The Chinese government views each of the Three Evils as interrelated phenomena driving persistent instability in the westernmost province of Xinjiang, and the slogan has been deployed extensively in support of Xinjiang re-education camps since 2017.
