On Thursday, Tehreek-e-Taliban, an umbrella group of several Sunni Muslim terrorist groups, claimed responsibility for killing the Shia teachers in a government-run school.
Calling SCO a platform of mutual understanding and security, Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said that the potential of peace can be unlocked when great powers play the role of peacemakers, as he addressed the SCO-CFM meet in Goa.
As Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers meeting began in Goa, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that the discussion on issues of reform and modernization of SCO has commenced already.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary-General Zhang Ming called on Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the sidelines of the Foreign Ministers' meeting which is taking place in Goa, India.
The two-day-long meeting of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states began in Goa on Thursday. India hosted a cultural event on Thursday evening ahead of the main meeting on Friday
As Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in India for SCO Foreign Ministers' meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Islamabad is committed to playing its part to advance the shared values of peace and stability in the SCO region.
"I am happy to arrive in Goa for participating in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. I am leading the Pakistan delegation at SCO and hope that the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) will be successful," Zardari said in a video shared by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke
Notably, Bhutto-Zardari's visit comes after the Poonch attack. On April 20, an Army vehicle passing Bhimber Gali and Poonch in the Rajouri sector was fired upon by unidentified terrorists, through grenades, which lead to the death of five soldiers.