‘Significant juncture’ as Pakistan to host SCO Heads of Govts summit in October: FO

The year 2024 marks a significant juncture in Pakistan’s relationship with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as Islamabad is set to host the forum’s Heads of Governments meeting in October this year, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said on Thursday.

In the weekly press briefing, the FO spokesperson said that Pakistan has assumed the rotational Chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG), the organisation’s second most critical decision-making body.

She said that before the October summit, there would be a ministerial meeting and multiple rounds of senior officials meetings to concentrate on fostering cooperation in finance, economics, socio-cultural affairs and humanitarian efforts among SCO member countries.

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