Islamabad :The Foreign Office on Saturday said the government has nominated Dr. Musadik Masood Malik, Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, to represent Pakistan at the SCO Civilisational Dialogue to be held in New Delhi from 20 to 22 November 2026.
In a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Saturday Pakistan said the event will bring together representatives from SCO member states to exchange views on issues related to civilisational dialogue and cultural understanding.
The Foreign Office said “The Government of Pakistan remains committed to promoting dialogue among civilisations and fostering people-to-people contacts within the SCO framework in a spirit of mutual respect.”
Pakistan’s decision to send a federal minister to India to attend SCO dialogue on civilisation and cultural understanding is a major development. It will create a better environment between the two neighbouring nuclear powers that both Islamabad and New Delhi are intending to edge closer to have normal relations.
Pakistan and India are not on good note for years . Both nuclear powers are accusing each other of hostilities that widened the gap between them in recent years. In recent years , India’s hard stance has been a major hurdle in having normal relations between the two states. However , India’s decision to send its Foreign minister to Pakistan to attend an SCO ministerial conference helped both counties to soften stance on some thorny issues . It helped bridge the gap between Islamabad and New Delhi. Now after a few months , Pakistan has reciprocated India ‘s good will gesture and announced to send Musadik Masood Malik, a federal minister to attend SCO dialogue in New Delhi.
Pakistan has been calling for a negotiated solution of all disputed issues with India. One can hope that both counties will continue to have more high level exchanges in the future to bring back normalcy in relations.