Islamabad (TDI): The formal proceedings of the 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has been kicked off here on Wednesday.
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A galaxy of regional leaders attending the conference to discuss cooperation in various fields among the regional countries.
Being held at the Jinnah Convention Center, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is chairing the session as the current chair of the Council.
The meeting will discuss cooperation in economy, trade, environment, and socio-cultural linkages.
The leaders will also adopt important organizational decisions to further enhance cooperation among SCO member states. Approve the budget of the Organization is also on agenda.
Before the start of the proceedings, Prime Minister Shehbaz warmly received the visiting leaders at the venue before posing for a group photo.
China’s Premier of the State Council Li Qiang, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Tajik Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda, Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, Kyrgyzstan’s Chairman of Ministers’ Cabinet Zhaparov Akylbek, Trade Minister of Iran Seyyed Mohammad Atabek, and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar are attending the session.
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Mongolia is participating in the summit as an Observer State being represented by Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai and Turkmenistan as a Special Guest represented by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Rashid Meredov.
Besides, SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming, Director of Executive Committee SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Ruslan Mirzayev, Chairman of the Board of SCO Business Council Atif Ikram Shaikh and Chairman of the Council of SCO Interbank Union Marat Yelibayev are also participating in the meeting.
Pakistan joined the SCO in 2017, and now assuming the rotating chair of the SCO CHG for 2023-24.
