Dar to attend SCO foreign ministers' meeting in Kazakhstan
Pakistan
The two-day meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers will begin in Astana.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will attend a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFMs) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kazakhstan today (Monday).
The two-day meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers will begin in Astana. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will lead the Pakistani delegation in the meeting.
The Foreign Minister will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting.
Founded in 2001, the SCO is a major trans-regional organization spanning South and Central Asia, with China, Russia, Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan as its permanent members. The SCO member states collectively represent nearly half of the world’s population and a quarter of global economic output.
The organization’s agenda of promoting peace and stability, and seeking enhanced linkages in infrastructure, economic, trade and cultural spheres, is aligned with Pakistan’s own vision of enhancing economic connectivity as well as peace and stability in the region.
