PM leaves for Bishkek today to attend SCO summit
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Bishkek on Monday (today) to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), where Pakistan will assume the organisation’s rotating chair for a one-year term. The prime minister is expected to hold bilateral meetings with several visiting world leaders on the sidelines of the summit, but there are currently no plans for a…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will journey to Bishkek on Monday to partake in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. Pakistan will hold the SCO's rotating chairmanship for a year during this event. The prime minister is anticipated to engage in one-on-one discussions with several foreign dignitaries during the summit, although no arrangements have been made for a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Foreign Office confirmed that India has not requested a bilateral meeting between Modi and Sharif. The summit will be the first occasion where Modi and Sharif attend the same significant international conference since the military conflict between India and Pakistan in May 2025. Other leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, are also expected to attend.
Sharif is likely to meet the Kyrgyz president and converse with other attendees outside formal sessions. SCO leaders are set to deliberate on economic collaboration, regional stability, and terrorism, potentially involving the Middle East situation, especially in light of Iran, Israel, and the United States' tensions. The SCO, established in 2001, unites China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and several Central Asian nations to prioritize regional security, economic cooperation, and political coordination.
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