DPM Dar to meet Tajikistan’s leadership and counterparts from SCO member states on sidelines of summit, says FO

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DUSHANBE: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to lead Pakistan’s delegation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting, scheduled for October 19–20.

Upon arrival, DPM Dar was received by Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Daler Juma, who is also co-chair of the Pakistan–Tajikistan Joint Commission, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement on Monday.

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tajikistan, Irfan Ahmed, and the country’s National Coordinator for the SCO, Khalil Hashmi, along with senior Tajik government officials, were also present to receive him.

Besides participating in the proceedings of the meeting, DPM Dar will meet Tajikistan’s leadership and his counterparts from SCO member states on the sidelines of the summit, a statement from the Foreign Office said.

Dar will lead Pakistan’s delegation to the meeting at the invitation of Tajikistan Prime Minister Qohir Rasulzoda.

The prime ministers of Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, along with the vice president of Iran and India’s external affairs minister, will represent their respective countries at the CHG meeting.

The Council of Heads of Government is the SCO’s second-highest decision-making institution and provides guidance on a range of areas, including the economy, finance, trade, connectivity, commerce, socio-economic cooperation and the organisation’s budgetary matters.