Bishkek – SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting starts today

ISLAMABAD/BISHKEK (Tuesday, 21 May 2019) – Pakistan’s Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi today departed for Kyrgyzstan to represent Islamabad at the Shanghai Cooperation Operation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting – the two day SCO Council meeting begins today in Bishkek.

The two-day moot will be attended by foreign ministry officials of SCO member states to approve resolutions to be adopted by the council of heads of states at the SCO meeting scheduled to be held in June.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister will will lead the Pakistan delegation at the meeting and also present comments at the plenary session. He will also hold bilateral talks with participating foreign ministers and the secretary general of the SCO.

The meeting will approve important documents which will later be adopted by the Council of Heads of States meeting, to be held in Bishkek next month.       

The Foreign Minister’s participation in SCO-CFM illustrates the esteem importance that Pakistan attaches to the SCO and to deepening its engagement with the region.