Khawaja Asif to attend SCO foreign ministers meeting in Beijing on April 24

President Mamnoon Hussain likely to lead the delegation from Pakistan during the summit

BEIJING, CHINA: The Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif is all set to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Beijing on April 24 and exchange views on regional and international issues.

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi will chair the meeting which is meant to lay a groundwork for the SCO Qingdao Summit scheduled to be held in June, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying during her regular press briefing on Wednesday.

She informed that the foreign ministers of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and India, as well as the secretary-general of the SCO along with director of the Executive Committee of SCO Regional Counter Terrorism Structure, will also participate in the meeting.



The spokesperson said all the parties will exchange views on the SCO cooperation and major regional and international issues. Besides, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan will also visit China.

Hua said, this foreign ministers meeting will be the first one after the enlargement of the SCO which is meant to lay groundwork for the SCO Qingdao Summit to be held in June this year.

During the meeting, the Chinese leadership will have a group meeting with the heads of the delegations, she added.



“We believe that all sides will pick the opportunity of the meeting to build on consensus, reach more cooperation measures into the success of the Qingdao summit and move forward the SCO,” she added.

The SCO summit will be held in Qingdao, a port city, and a famous tourist spot in China in June this year. As the rotating president of the SCO, China will host this year’s summit.

President Mamnoon Hussain is likely to lead the delegation from Pakistan during the summit.