ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani will lead the Pakistani delegation to the twenty-second Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) being held in Kyrgyzstan on October 26, 2023.
In a statement on Monday, the Foreign Office said that at the invitation of Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic Akylbek Japarov; Jilani will lead the Pakistani delegation to the Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) on 26 October 2023.
The CHG meeting will be attended by the Heads of Government of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Vice-President of Iran and Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India. SCO observer states viz Belarus and Mongolia as well as guest state Turkmenistan will also attend the meeting.
The CHG is the second-highest forum in SCO. It focuses primarily on the areas of economy, finance, commerce, and socio-economic cooperation. On 26 October 2023, Pakistan will assume the chair of CHG SCO.
According to the statement, the caretaker foreign minister will also hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the CHG meeting.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2023
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