ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will represent Pakistan at SCO Council of Heads of Government (SCO-CHG) meeting scheduled to be held in Beijing today. SCO-CHG will be held in a virtual format owing to Covid-19 endemic restrictions. 

CHG will be chaired by Premier of State Council of People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang and attended by heads of government from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Heads of government of SCO observer states, i.e. Belarus, Iran and Mongolia will also attend meeting.

Council of Heads of Government is second highest forum in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) that focuses primarily on areas of trade, finance, commerce and socio-economic cooperation among SCO member states.

SCO’s cardinal objectives include promoting mutual trust and good-neighborly relations among member states, strengthening regional peace, security and stability

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Upcoming CHG meeting will deliberate upon vital regional and global issues of interest, adopt a Joint Communiqué and approve SCO’s budget for 2023. It will also discuss a comprehensive matrix for productive cooperation in trade and economy, transportation and connectivity, science and technology, climate change, culture, energy and tourism. Pakistan attaches great significance to SCO, an important trans-regional multilateral organisation, representing almost half of world population with over 24 percent of global GDP.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 01 2022

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