NEW DELHI: Ministry of External Affairs spokesman here has said today that India would invite Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that it would hold in the month of October (2020).
“India will be hosting the heads of government summit later this year. As per established practice and procedure within SCO, all the eight members, as well as four observer states and other international dialogue partners, will be invited,” the spokesman held.
Islamabad will take the final decision apropos PM’s India visit. It is pertinent to mention here that often countries opt to send their FM’s instead of PMs.
A relevant piece published earlier:
Pakistan secures permanent membership of SCO Youth Council
14th June, 2019
BISHKEK: Pakistan secured permanent membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Youth Council in Kyrgyzstan on Friday.
The 19th annual meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization‘s Youth Council was attended by Council of the Heads of State and representatives of the Youth Council. Prime Minister Imran Khan and Special Adviser to the PM on Youth Affairs Usman Dar represented Pakistan in the SCO meeting.
Reacting to securing the membership, Usman Dar expressed that Pakistani youth has got a chance for representation at global level. He said that Pakistani youth will get a diverse exposure by participating in youth programs globally now.
“PM Khan’s vision to empower the youth has succeeded”, Dar asserted. International community will also help in the development of the youth, he added.
He said that, “Pakistan is going to achieve this distinction as it aims to focus on socio-political empowerment of its youth by announcing, for the first time in its national history, prestigious National Youth Council comprising of outstanding youth from all across the country”.
Muhammad Usman Dar expressed hope that this achievement would greatly benefit our youth by giving them exposure to the best international opportunities aimed at socio-economic development of youth.
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