Bilawal Bhutto to attend SCO meet in India, first go to by a Pak chief in 9 yrs | World News

Pakistan introduced Thursday that international minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will head the nation’s delegation on the Shanghai Cooperation Group (SCO) Summit to be held in Might in Goa. Bilawal’s go to to India is the primary by any Pakistani chief after Nawaz Sharif in 2014. Pakistan International Workplace spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch mentioned in a briefing that the SCO international ministers assembly is scheduled from Might 4 - 5.

"Bilawal Bhutto Zardari might be main the Pakistan delegation to the SCO Council of International Ministers (CFM) being held on Might 4-5, 2023, in Goa, India. Our participation within the assembly displays Pakistan's dedication to the SCO Constitution and processes and the significance that Pakistan accords to the area in its international coverage priorities," Mumtaz mentioned.

Bilawal can be the primary international minister to go to India 12 years after former international minister Hina Rabbani Khar got here to India. The excessive degree go to may result in a thaw within the bilateral relations.

Indian and Pakistan’s ties have been strained following the Balakot strikes in response to the 2019 Pulwama terror assault and the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

India has formally despatched invites to all SCO members together with Pakistan and China for the international ministers' assembly. Chinese language international minister Qin Gang and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov are additionally more likely to attend the meet.

India assumed the chairmanship position of the 20-year-oldtrans-regional worldwide organisations in 2022. The final SCO assembly was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Its members includeRussia, India, China, Pakistan,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.India and Pakistan grew to become everlasting members in 2017.Iran is the most recent member, set to affix SCO this month. The 2023 summit comes within the wake-up of Russia-Ukraine conflict and India's G20 Presidency.

(With inputs from PTI)