Ishaq Dar to hold bilateral meetings with SCO counterparts in Tajikistan

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar has left for Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where he will head Pakistan's team at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of Government meeting scheduled for October 19 to 20. According to a Foreign Ministry statement reported by Mettis Global, Dar is travelling at the invitation of Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasulzoda.

Prime ministers from Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are set to attend the gathering. Iran's Vice President and India's External Affairs Minister will also represent their countries. The council is described as the SCO's second-highest decision-making body, overseeing economic, financial, trade, connectivity and budgetary matters.

The meeting will adopt a joint communiqué, statements and key decisions. During the visit, Dar is scheduled to call on the Tajik President and Prime Minister. He will also hold bilateral talks with counterparts from other SCO member states on the sidelines.