Moscow: Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar will lead the Pakistan delegation to the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting commencing in Moscow, Russia today. In his address to the SCO CHG, the Deputy Prime Minister will share Pakistan’s perspective on important regional and global issues as well as ways to strengthen the Organization for the benefit of the SCO region.

According to Radio Pakistan, the Deputy Prime Minister will also hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of other SCO countries on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting. The CHG will be attended by the Heads of Government of Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, Vice President of Iran, and Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India.

In addition to SCO member states, the Heads of Government of Mongolia, Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkmenistan, and heads of international and regional organizations, including Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Euro Asian Economic Union (EAEU), Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), will also be attending the meeting.