Pakistan has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an upcoming meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Islamabad, reported on Thursday, citing a foreign office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch .
Pakistan will host the SCO’s Heads of Governments meeting in October. Islamabad currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of Government, which is the second-highest decision-making forum of the political and security bloc that also includes Russia and China.
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Addressing a news briefing in the federal capital, Spoke Person of Foreign Office said that Islamabad has also received some confirmations for the upcoming SCO moot to be hosted by Pakistan on October 15-16.
“Invitations have been extended to all heads of government of SCO member countries, including the Prime Minister of India, for the forthcoming meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of Shanghai Cooperation Organization,” the spoke person of foregin office Zahra Baloch said.
Founded in 2001, the SCO is a major trans-regional organization spanning South and Central Asia, with China, Russia, Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan as its permanent members. The SCO member states collectively represent nearly half of the world’s population and a quarter of global economic output.
The organization’s agenda of promoting peace and stability, and seeking enhanced linkages in infrastructure, economic, trade and cultural spheres, is aligned with Pakistan’s own vision of enhancing economic connectivity as well as peace and stability in the region.
