China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan signed an agreement to strengthen military confidence in border areas. It addressed uncertainty after the Soviet Union dissolved and sought to reduce the risk of confrontation along newly internationalised borders. The agreement is a regional security initiative shaped by the agency of neighbouring states, while the SCO Secretariat later presents it as the organization’s legal precursor.
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What practical problem did the 1996 Shanghai agreement seek to reduce?
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It built confidence in military affairs along borders after the Soviet Union dissolved.
The 1996 agreement was intended to strengthen military confidence in border areas.
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The five states signed a border-confidence agreement in Shanghai.