ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reached Russia on Thursday to participate in the 16th Meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at Sochi from November 30 to December 1.

the premier was received by Deputy Governor and other senior officials of Krasnodar Krai region. PM Abbasi is attending the summit at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, D.A. Medvedev.

It is the first SCO Heads of Government meeting that Pakistan will attend after assumption of full membership of the organisation in June this year.

He would outline Pakistan’s commitment to SCO’s objectives including fighting terrorism and extremism and its sincere interest in regional peace, stability and development.

Abbasi, along with his SCO counterparts, will participate in the SCO retreat being hosted by the Russian prime minister.

The retreat will be followed by a plenary session of CHG where the prime minister will deliver a statement.

The meeting will close on a signing ceremony of decisions and a joint communiqué by the heads of the