S Jaishankar (Photograph: Shutterstock)
Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday to the 2024 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit on October 15-16.
Jaishankar is anticipated to attend a banquet reception hosted by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to welcome the SCO delegate, in response to information company PTI.
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This marks the primary high-level go to from India in a number of years, regardless of the continued pressure between the 2 international locations. It’s going to even be the primary time in nearly 9 years that an Indian international minister has visited Pakistan, whilst relations between the 2 stay strained over points akin to Kashmir and cross-border terrorism. Information report acknowledged that Jaishankar’s go to is anticipated to final lower than 24 hours.
In an official assertion, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated, “The twenty third Assembly of SCO Council of Heads of Authorities (CHG) shall be held on October 16, 2024 in Islamabad below the chairmanship of Pakistan. The SCO CHG assembly is held yearly and focuses on the commerce and financial agenda of the organisation.”
The assertion additional stated, “Exterior Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar will symbolize India on the assembly. India stays actively engaged within the SCO format, together with varied mechanisms and initiatives throughout the SCO framework.”
In the meantime, each India and Pakistan have stated that no bilateral discussions will happen between Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart, Ishaq Dar, throughout the SCO heads of presidency summit.
SCO Summit 2024
Underneath Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s management, Pakistan is internet hosting the summit as a part of its rotating chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of Authorities (CHG). The summit will concentrate on essential subjects, together with regional safety, financial collaboration, and the struggle towards terrorism.
To make sure the security of round 900 delegates attending the SCO Summit in Islamabad, the Pakistani authorities has deployed over 10,000 police and paramilitary personnel. With conferences deliberate in each Islamabad and Rawalpindi, authorities in Punjab have applied Part 144 in Rawalpindi till October 17 to take care of public order throughout the summit. Underneath this, the federal government has put a ban on all political gatherings, demonstrations, and associated actions to facilitate the sleek operating of the summit.
[With agency inputs]
First Printed: Oct 15 2024 | 5:10 PM IST
