President Asif Ali Zardari will lead Pakistan’s delegation to the Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), being held in Astana, Kazakhstan on June 15. Foreign Office Spokesperson Tehmina Janjua, giving details of the visit of President Zardari to Astana, on Thursday said the SCO Summit will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the organization.She said the issues of regional and global peace and security will be at top of the agenda at the SCO Summit.
The spokesperson said, “President Asif Ali Zardari’s participation signals the importance Pakistan attaches to the SCO and our keen interest in working the regional development agenda which includes building commerce and trade facilities and banking cooperation, energy transaction and corporate sector interactions.”
The SCO is an intergovernmental international organization formed in 2001 and composed of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Mongolia received observer status in 2001 while Pakistan, India and Iran became observers in 2002 while Belarus and Sri Lanka were granted dialogue partner status in 2009.
The Organisation member states cover an area of over 30 million square kilometres, with population of about 1.5 billion. APP
The SCO is an intergovernmental international organization formed in 2001 and composed of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Mongolia received observer status in 2001 while Pakistan, India and Iran became observers in 2002 while Belarus and Sri Lanka were granted dialogue partner status in 2009.
The Organisation member states cover an area of over 30 million square kilometres, with population of about 1.5 billion. APP
