Shah Mahmood reaches Moscow to attend SCO meeting

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Shah Mahmood reaches Moscow to attend SCO meeting

MOSCOW (Dunya News) - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Moscow today for a two-day visit to attend the SCO Foreign Ministers’ Forum.

Foreign Minister Shah MAhmood Qureshi has arrived in Moscow on a two-day visit. On arrival at Domodedovo Airport, the Foreign Minister was welcomed by Pakistani Ambassador to Moscow Shafqat Ali Khan, Additional Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Zahoor Ahmed and senior Russian Foreign Ministry officials.

FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi was invited by his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. After the Heads of State Forum, the CFM forum is considered to be the largest forum in the SCO which discusses key regional and international issues. Twenty documents in connection with the SCO Summit will be discussed in Moscow.

The main objectives of the SCO include mutual trust, better neighborly relations, regional peace and stability, the establishment of a framework for effective cooperation, culture, trade, economy, science and technology and other fields.

Apart from Pakistan, SCO member states include Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In addition to attending the SCO meeting, the Foreign Minister will also have other important bilateral meetings.