The Shanghai Cooperation Organization should work to properly resolve international and regional hotspot issues and welcome more countries into the grouping, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said.

Wang made the remarks at the Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States in Kyrgyzstan's Cholpon-Ata on Friday.

The meeting adopted a statement of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of SCO Member States and signed relevant resolutions on preparations for the SCO Bishkek Summit.

Noting that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the SCO, Wang said the grouping's development strategy for the next decade makes clear that member states will deepen cooperation and make greater contributions to building a more democratic and just multipolar world.

According to a four-point proposal made by Wang at the meeting, the SCO should continue to uphold the Shanghai Spirit as its fundamental guiding principle in handling internal affairs and conducting external exchanges.

The SCO should strengthen the firewall for peace and stability by consistently advocating dialogue to settle disputes, consultation to resolve differences and cooperation to safeguard peace, while properly addressing regional and international hotspot issues, Wang said.

The SCO should inject stronger momentum into win-win development by strengthening synergy between national development strategies and regional cooperation initiatives, and it should build a model zone for global governance, he added.

Wang said that last year's Tianjin Summit mapped out a strategic blueprint for the organization's development over the next decade and opened a new stage of high-quality development.

The SCO has always been a priority in China's neighborhood diplomacy, and Beijing is ready to work with other member states to carry forward the Shanghai Spirit, strengthen the SCO, and jointly create a brighter future for both the region and the world, he said.

Foreign ministers of SCO member states, the SCO secretary-general, and the director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure also attended the meeting.