Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Friday joined the regional leaders as they gathered in Kyrgyzstan city of Cholpon-Ata to participate in the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting being held here. As Deputy Prime Minister Dar arrived at the venue, he was warmly welcomed by Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev which followed a handshake by both leaders.

He joined fellow foreign ministers of the SCO Member States for the traditional family photograph ahead of the moot. Earlier on Thursday, he attended the informal dinner of the SCO foreign ministers, where they exchanged views and discuss the agenda of the meeting.

At the invitation of the Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Zheenbek Kulubaev, the deputy prime minister is leading the Pakistan delegation to the meeting being attended by the foreign ministers of all SCO member states, including Pakistan, China, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The CFM is the third highest forum in the SCO format which focuses on the issues of international relations, as well as the foreign and security policies of SCO.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)