ISLAMABAD/MOSCOW: Prime Minister Imran Khan will virtually address theupcoming meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO) hosted by Russia on November 10 as a videoconference, citing sources.
Russian President Vladimir Putin invited PM Imran Khan to attend the summitof the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO), sources told ARY News.
The premier will attend the summit hosted by Russia on November 10,whereas, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra andheads of other members countries will also participate in the SCO’supcoming meeting.
The observers from Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, Mongolia will attend theforthcoming summit. Turkey, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia andNepal will also participate in the event as SCO dialogue partners.[image: heads of state council meeting]Shanghai Cooperation Organization2019. Reuters
Russia is hosting the meeting as a video conference due to the second waveof coronavirus pandemic. Russia holds the SCO chairmanship in 2019-2020.
The Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) will deliberate upon important issues including trade cooperation,global political and socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic,peace efforts in Afghanistan and terrorism, said sources.
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Earlier in October, a statement from SCO press service earlier had saidthat the SCO leaders will discuss the strengthening and further developmentof cooperation within the framework of the SCO, including in the context ofthe global political and socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19pandemic.
The member states will focus on ways to promote the SCO member states’practical interaction in politics, security, trade and the economy,cultural and humanitarian ties, as well as political dialogue, above all inthe interests of stability in the SCO space. They will also discuss theenhancement of their countries’ trade and economic collaboration andcoordination at the main international venues,” it reads.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a regional internationalassembly comprising Russia, India, China, Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Pakistan,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan and Belarus haveobserver status, while Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka andTurkey have the status of SCO dialogue partners.
