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Indian Foreign Minister Jaisankhar to visit Pakistan to attend SCO summit

This will be the first visit by an Indian foreign minister to Pakistan in nearly a decade.

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is set to visit Pakistan on October 15 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting.

Confirming his visit, Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “The external affairs minister will lead our delegation to Pakistan to participate in the SCO summit which will be held in Islamabad on 15 and 16 October.”

The SCO, comprising India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, is an important economic and security alliance that has evolved into one of the largest trans-regional international organizations.

The most recent high-level visit between the two countries occurred in May 2023, when Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who was Pakistan’s foreign minister at the time, participated in the SCO foreign ministers’ meeting held in Goa, India.

Pakistan extended invitations to all the government heads of the SCO member states, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for the upcoming CHG meeting in Islamabad, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch confirmed.

“Islamabad has also received some confirmations for the moot to be hosted by Pakistan on October 15-16,” Baloch said addressing a news briefing.

Earlier in July, Mumtaz Baloch provided details about the upcoming SCO event in Islamabad, stating that the summit would include a ministerial gathering and several meetings of senior officials aimed at enhancing cooperation in finance, economics, socio-cultural matters, and humanitarian efforts among member states.

Saman Siddiqui

I am a freelance journalist with a Master’s Degree in Mass Communication and an MS in Peace and Conflict Studies. Since 2006, I have been involved in various capacities within the electronic media industry. At OyeYeah, I cover diverse genres ranging from journalism and fiction to fashion, including reviews and fact-finding reports.

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