ISLAMABAD : May 3,2023: Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, is leading the Pakistan delegation to the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization scheduled to take place in Goa, India on 4-5 May 2023.
The invitation to the Foreign Minister to attend the SCO-CFM was extended by the Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of India, as the current chair of the SCO.
In addition to deliberating upon important regional and international issues and signing some of the institutional documents, the CFM will finalize the agenda and decisions to be adopted by the 17th SCO Council of Heads of State Meeting scheduled to take place in New Delhi on 3-4 July 2023.
the CFM will also witness signing of MoUs with five countries namely Bahrain, Kuwait Maldives, Myanmar and UAE to become Dialogue Partners of SCO.
The Foreign Minister will also meet with his counterparts of friendly countries on the sidelines of the CFM.
Besides Pakistan, SCO member States include China, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and India.
SCO’s major objectives include promoting mutual confidence and good-neighborly relations among member states, strengthening regional peace, security and stability, and creating a framework for effective cooperation in the fields of politics, trade and economy, culture, science and technology, education, energy, transportation, tourism, environmental protection etc.
Since becoming a member in 2017, Pakistan has been actively and constructively contributing in all SCO activities to realize its multi-sectoral aims and objectives in a mutually beneficial manner.