Pakistan confirms virtual participation in SCO summit

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has confirmed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting virtually. 

The decision comes after India changed the format of the session to virtual.

The regional summit will be held in the Indian capital New Delhi on July 4 but will be virtually attended by member countries, including Pakistan, Russia and China. 

“We have received the official invitation from the Indian prime minister for our prime minister to attend the virtual meeting of the Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation due to take place on July 4. Pakistan will be represented at the summit,” said FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch in the weekly briefing.

She added that the FO would announce Pakistan’s participation in the coming days.

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