ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday left for Uzbekistan tomorrow for a two-day visit, to attend the annual meeting of the Council of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Leaders of the SCO member countries and observer states as well as heads of the SCO organizations and other special guests are also to attend the meeting.
PM Shehbaz will hold bilateral meetings with other participating leaders on the side-lines of the summit.
PM Shehbaz Sharif departs to attend the annual meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO in Samarkand,Uzbekistan.
He will also hold bilateral meetings with participating leaders on the sidelines of the SCO summit#PakPMatSCO #SCOSummit2022 pic.twitter.com/xCppgwktTG— Prime Minister’s Office (@PakPMO) September 15, 2022
The leaders will emphasize on important global and regional issues at the upcoming event, including climate change, food and energy security and sustainable supply chains.
They will also approve agreements and documents that will chart the future direction of cooperation among the SCO member states.
Since its establishment 21 years ago, the SCO has had an extraordinary journey by following the principle of Shanghai Spirit of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diversity of civilizations and pursuit of common development, committed to world peace and human progress.
The SCO made important theoretical and practical explorations for building new international relations, and adopting common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security measures. It also focused on jointly responding to security challenges.
The Asian cooperative body has also successfully played an important role in the regional counter-terrorism cooperation, economy and trade exchanges.
