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.
A day before the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers' meeting, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived at Dabolim international airport in Goa on Wednesday.
According to Global Times, the Chinese Defence Ministry said that from Thursday to Friday (April 27, 28), the Chinese Defence Minister will take part in SCO and will make a speech and meet with the head of delegations from other countries.
At a time when Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's is scheduled to visit Goa and terrorists have carried out an attack in Poonch, Congress MP Manish Tiwari on Saturday asked what has happened to the NDA government's policy of not holding a dialogue when there is terror.
Responding to a question on a programme on Dunya News aired on Thursday, he said he would represent Pakistan at the Foreign Ministers meeting to be held in Goa next month. "We are committed to the SCO charter and this visit should not be seen as a bilateral one but in the context of the S
On being asked about Pakistan's participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers' meeting which is set to take place in India, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that it will not be appropriate to focus on a particular member.
Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch during a weekly presser on Thursday stated that Bhutto-Zardari is attending the SCO-CFM meeting at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.