Pakistan to attend SCO abroad ministers’ meet in India, Bilawal Bhutto to information delegation

By Geeta Mohan: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will lead the delegation that may attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) abroad ministers meeting to be held on May 4 and 5 in Goa, according to Pak’s Foreign Office.

This could be the primary go to by a key Pakistani chief to India since former Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif travelled to New Delhi for the inauguration of PM Modi in 2014.

India assumed the rotating presidency of the SCO on the 2022 SCO Summit held in Samarkand in Uzbekistan and might host the next summit of the Council of heads of State this 12 months.

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Since its accession as a full-fledged member state in 2017, India has maintained an brisk engagement with the organisation and New Delhi is specializing in initiating proposals for the mutual benefit of SCO member states, observers and dialogue companions, according to the assertion.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a gathering of heads of departments of member states of the SCO dealing with prevention and elimination of emergency circumstances on Thursday.

The Home Minister may even keep bilateral conferences with the ministers of among the many SCO member states on the sidelines of the meeting.

At the meeting, the delegates from SCO member states will share data relating to the large-scale emergency circumstances which occurred of their respective territories and the measures taken to cope with them.

The members may even speak about and approve the movement plan for the implementation of the settlement between the SCO member states on cooperation in providing assist throughout the elimination of emergency circumstances in 2023-2025.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) contains China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

(With inputs from PTI)

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