Islamabad (June 08, 2017): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for Kazakhstan to attend the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) meeting today from Noor Khan Airbase.
The Prime Minister will represent Pakistan in the summit where Pakistan would be granted permanent membership of the organisation.
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The PM is accompanied by Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan and others in the visit.
At the sidelines of the summit, the Prime Minister will hold meeting with different world leaders. He is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin tomorrow. There are reports that Indian Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Nawaz Shairf may also meet at the sidelines of the summit.
It is to be mentioned here that the SCO Heads of State Council is the highest decision-making body of the organisation, which meets annually.
Pakistan has observer status at SCO and will become its full member at Astana. The decision, in principle, to give membership to Pakistan was taken by the SCO Heads of States meeting held at Ufa in Russia in 2015.
Besides the SCO Summit, Kazakhstan is also hosting the International Expo 2017, in which more than 100 countries including Pakistan are participating.
The Prime Minister along with other participating SCO Heads of States will also attend the inaugural ceremony of the Expo.
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