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By Geeta Mohan: It would not be appropriate to focus on a particular member, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on the participation of Pakistan in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers meeting in Goa.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will lead the delegation that will attend the SCO foreign ministers meeting on May 4 and 5. This is going to be the first visit by a key Pakistani leader to India since former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif travelled to New Delhi to attend PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremony in 2014.
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According to Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahrah Baloch, Bilawal Bhutto would be attending the meeting as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had invited him to attend the SCO moot.
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India assumed the rotating presidency of the SCO at the 2022 SCO summit held in Samarkand in Uzbekistan and will host the next summit of the Council of Heads of State this year.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting of heads of departments of member states of the SCO dealing with the prevention and elimination of emergency situations on Thursday.
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) comprises China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
(With Inputs from PTI)
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