PM Nawaz arrives in Kazakhastan to attend SCO summit
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: REUTERS / FILE
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived in Kazakhastan to attend a 17th assembly of a Heads of a State Council (HoSC) of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) commencement in Astana today.
The HoSC is a top decision-making physique of SCO that meets each year. Its final limit was reason in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in Jun final year. During a two-day summit, Pakistan will be given full membership of SCO. Pakistan had practical for a body’s membership in 2010.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives in Astana to attend SCO Summit pic.twitter.com/cEqWMEplXg
— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) June 8, 2017
The decision, in principle, to give membership to Pakistan was taken during SCO Heads of a States 2015 assembly reason in Ufa, Russia. Pakistan has been actively participating in a activities of a organization being as an spectator with a SCO given 2005.
PM Nawaz to attend SCO limit in Kazakhstan
The primary minister, on a sidelines of a summit, will reason a series of shared meetings with leaders of other participating countries. PM Nawaz is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz, Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastagir and Minister for State for Petroleum Jam Kamal Khan.
Pakistan entirely subscribes to a licence of SCO and a ‘Shanghai Spirit’ and shares habitual chronological and informative links with a organization and a member states. The SCO is approaching to assistance Pakistan underscore a seductiveness in informal peace, fortitude and growth and a support for informal team-work opposite terrorism and extremism.
Besides a SCO Summit, Kazakhstan is also hosting a International Expo 2017, in that some-more than 100 countries including Pakistan are participating. The premier along with other participating SCO Heads of States will also attend a initial rite of a exhibition.
Article source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1430418/pm-nawaz-arrives-kazakhastan-attend-sco-summit/