“No meeting with the Indian Prime Minister is planned,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman Asim Iftikhar said. Daylight.
An official contacted said that while a brief courtesy call between the two was possible, they did not plan to talk.
Neither side has sought a meeting, the official added.
However, Pakistan’s foreign ministry confirmed in a statement that Prime Minister Sharif will attend the 22nd annual meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State (CHS).
“Apart from attending the summit, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with other participating leaders on the sidelines of the CHS,” it said.
PM Modi is also expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jingping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the SCO summit.
SCO, the world’s largest regional bloc
The SCO is a major interregional organization covering South and Central Asia. Established in 2001, it is the world’s largest regional bloc with eight full members – India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
The SCO upholds the values ​​and principles enshrined in the “Shanghai Spirit”, which include mutual trust, mutual benefit and the pursuit of common development.
The summit will be attended by the leaders of the SCO member states, observer states, the SCO Secretary General, the head of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS), the President of Turkmenistan and other invited guests, the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Things had said.
