ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will lead the Pakistan delegation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) summit in Moscow today, Monday, where he will present the country’s stance on regional and global issues, the foreign ministry said.
The SCO is an intergovernmental organization that strivers to strengthen cooperation between member states in politics, trade, economy, science and technology, culture, education, energy, transport, tourism, environmental sectors.
The CHG is the second highest SCO forum that deals with economic, trade, social, cultural and humanitarian issues, as well as budgetary matters related to the organization.
According to a statement by Pakistan’s foreign ministry earlier this week, the CHG summit from Nov. 17-18 will be attended by the heads of government from Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and the vice president of Iran as well as the foreign minister of India.
“In his address to the SCO CHG, the Deputy Prime Minister 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,” state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
