22 June 2016

News Story: Pakistani President to attend SCO summit in Tashkent

ISLAMABAD, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain will lead the country's delegation to the meeting of the Heads of States Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent on June 23 and 24, an official announcement said Tuesday.

Pakistan is expected to sign the "Memorandum of Obligations" in Tashkent which will be a major step towards becoming a full member of the SCO, the Foreign Ministry said.

Prior to that, as an Observer State of the SCO, Pakistan has been making substantive contribution to regional peace, security and development, a foreign ministry statement said.

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