ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will be holding the first ever anti-terrorismconference in Islamabad, under the banner of the Shanghai CooperationOrganization (SCO).
The three-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization–Regional Anti-TerroristStructure (SCO-RATS) legal experts meeting will kick off on Wednesday.
India will be attending the regional conference despite recent tensionsthat have persisted between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Pakistan will be hosting its first SCO meeting, since the country became amember of the organisation in June 2017, according to a statement issued bythe Foreign Office.
“The Government of Pakistan is pleased to welcome delegations from SCOmember states to Islamabad,” said the FO.
Legal experts from the eight member states, namely China, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, India, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan, as well asrepresentatives of the SCO-RATS Executive Committee will participate in themeeting.
The legal experts will discuss terrorist threats faced by the region andcome up with ways and means to enhance counter-terrorism cooperationbetween SCO member-states.
“Pakistan supports SCO’s efforts for regional cooperation in fightingterrorism, drug trafficking and organised crime.” The foreign officestatement said.