Khurram Dastgir meets Chinese President Xi Jinping

BEIJING: Defence Minister, Engr Khurram Dastgir Khan along with defence ministers of other Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) called on Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall here on Monday.

The defence ministers of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and ambassador of India were present during the joint meeting.

Khurram Dastgir is on a two-day official visit to China to attend a meeting of the defence ministers meeting of the SCO member countries scheduled to be held on Tuesday.

The SCO, an inter-governmental organization, founded in China's Shanghai on June 15, 2001, now includes China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India as full members.

Pakistan and India were admitted as full members of the organisation at the summit in Astana last year.