DPM to participate in SCO Council of FMs meeting

ISLAMABAD, Jul 13 (APP): At the invitation of Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar will lead Pakistan delegation to the meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) being held on 14-16 July 2025 in Tianjin (China).

Foreign Ministers of all SCO member States, including Pakistan, China, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will participate in the CFM meeting. Foreign Minister of Belarus will attend the CFM for the first time as member of SCO.

The CFM is the third highest forum in the SCO format. It focuses on the issues of international relations, as well as foreign and security policies of SCO. The forum approves the documents, including declaration and statements, etc. that are to be presented for the consideration of the Council of Heads of State (CHS) as well as the decisions to be adopted by the CHS. The upcoming CHS will take place on 31 August – 01 September 2025 in Tianjin, China.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the CFM meeting.