ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and Tajikistan launched Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism in Urumqi China to counter terrorism, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday.
“The inaugural high level leader meeting on Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism in counter terrorism by Afghanistan-China-Pakistan-Tajikistan armed forces/ militaries (the mechanism herein after referred to as the QCCM) was held in Urumqi, Xingjian Uygur autonomous region, China,” the statement said.
Those attending the ceremony included Chief of General Staff Afghan National Army Qadam Shah Shahim, Chief of Joint Staff Department of Central Military Commission (CMC) General Fang Fenghui, Chief of Army Staff Pakistan Army General Raheel Sharif, and Chief of General Staff Tajikistan Armed Forces and First Deputy Defence Minister Major General E A Cobidrzoda.
The participants unanimously agreed that terrorism and extremism were serious threat to the regional stability and they fully appreciated the unremitting efforts taken by the militaries of the four countries against the forces of terrorism and extremism.
They reiterated to co-operate for tackling these forces for peace and stability of all member countries. It was agreed to establish the QCCM to coordinate and provide mutual support limited to four countries only in the fields of counter terrorism situation evaluation, clue verification, intelligence sharing, counter terrorism capacity building, counter terrorism joint training exercises and personnel training.
It was also agreed that all decisions reached by the QCCM would be based on mutual consultation and consensus. The parties agreed that the QCCM should adhere to the principles of UN charter and other universally recognised principles and norms of international law, specially those on maintaining peace and security, safe guarding independence and equality with mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs.
It was emphasised that the formation of the QCCM was not targeted against any other state or international organisation.
