EAM Jaishankar to represent India at SCO in Islamabad on Oct 16: MEA

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will represent India at the 23rd Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) being held in Islamabad on October 16, under the chairmanship of Pakistan, the MEA said on Tuesday.

The SCO CHG meeting is held annually and focuses on the trade and economic agenda of the Organization.

India remains actively engaged in the SCO format, including various mechanisms and initiatives within the SCO framework, it said

The SCO CHG meeting, the second highest forum within the SCO, will be chaired by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Pakistan assumed the rotating chair of the SCO CHG for 2023-24 at the previous meeting, held in Bishkek in October 2023.

The leaders from SCO member states attending the summit include Chi­n­ese Premier Li Qiang, Belarus Prime Minister of Roman Golovchenko, Kaza­khstan Prime Mini­ster Olzhas Bektenov, Ru­s­sian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Tajik Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda, Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, Kyrgyzstan’s Cha­i­rman of Ministers Cabinet Zhaparov Akylbek, Iran’s First Vice Pres­ident Mohammad Reza Aref, and Indian Exte­rnal Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, according to Dawn.