BEIJING – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar reached the Great Hall, Beijing for the SCO Foreign Ministers’ Group Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday.
Dar, along with a delegation, arrived in Beijing, China, last night. He was received at the airport by Ambassador Ms Yu Hong, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Khalil ur Rehman Hashmi, and senior officials from the Chinese foreign ministry.
Foreign Ministers of all SCO member States, including Pakistan, China, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are participating in the CFM meeting. Foreign Minister of Belarus attends the CFM for the first time as member of SCO.
The CFM is the third highest forum in the SCO format. It focuses on the issues of international relations, as well as foreign and security policies of SCO.
The forum approves the documents, including declaration and statements, etc. that are to be presented for the consideration of the Council of Heads of State (CHS) as well as the decisions to be adopted by the CHS. The upcoming CHS will take place on 31 August – 01 September 2025 in Tianjin, China.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the CFM meeting.
