Indian Foreign Minister attending SCO meeting in Uzbekistan

New Delhi, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is reportedly attending the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) taking place today and tomorrow in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan.

July 28, 2022
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He headed for Tashkent at the invitation of that country’s acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov, according to an official release.

The two-day meeting, on July 28-29, will discuss preparations for the next meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State, to be held on September 15-16, 2022, in Samarkand.

The SCO ministerial meeting is also attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto.

Jaishankar may hold bilateral meetings with some of his counterparts from SCO nations, including Wang and Lavrov. Also, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said the conclave will see an exchange of ideas on regional and global developments.

The SCO has firmly carried forward the Shanghai Spirit, continuously deepened cooperation in various fields, blazed a successful path of a new type of regional organization and made important contributions to the building of a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind.

China is willing to work with all parties to strengthen solidarity and mutual trust, deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, implement Global Development Initiatives and Global Security Initiatives, and build a closer SCO community with a shared future.

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