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Pakistan PM to attend SCO summit in Russia, says Foreign Ministry

Xinhua, July 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will lead the Pakistan delegation to the Meeting of the Heads of States Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO) in Ufa, Russia, on July 9-10, officials said Monday.

The Prime Minister will also hold important bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, the Foreign Ministry said.

Pakistan holds the observer status at the SCO and is seeking a full membership in the forum.

"As an Observer State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Pakistan has been making substantive contribution to regional peace, security and development," a Foreign Ministry statement said.

At the invitation of the Russian president, the prime minister will also attend the Outreach meeting in Ufa of the leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries, SCO Member and Observer States, Eurasian Economic Union Members, and Turkmenistan.

Section of the local media had reported that the prime minister is likely to meet his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the summit.

SCO is an important organization founded in Shanghai in 2001. Its member-states include China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The SCO Heads of States Council (HSC) is the highest decision- making body of the Organization. Endi