ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 (APP): Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar will lead the Pakistan delegation to the Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of Shanghai Cooperation Organization being held on November 17-18 in Moscow.
The deputy prime minister is attending the summit at the invitation of Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin.
The summit will be attended by the heads of government of Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Vice President of Iran and Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India.
In addition to SCO member states, the heads of government of Mongolia, Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkmenistan and heads of international and regional organizations including Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Euro Asian Economic Union (EAEU), Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will also attend the meeting.
In his address to the SCO CHG, Deputy Prime Minister Dar will share Pakistan’s perspective on important regional and global issues as well as ways to strengthen the Organization for the benefit of the SCO region.
The CHG is the second-highest decision-making institution in the SCO providing guidance in the areas of economy, finance, trade, connectivity, commerce, socio-economic cooperation, including the budgetary matters of the Organization. The SCO CHG adopts Joint Communiqué, statements and important decisions.
The deputy prime minister will also hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of other SCO countries on the sidelines of the CHG.