HUGE! Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto to visit India in May for SCO meet, a first in 12 years
This will be the first, for a Pakistan foreign minister to visit India after Hina Rabbani Khar came to India in 2011.
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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto to visit India to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held on May 4 and May 5 in Goa. This will be the first, for a Pakistan foreign minister visiting India, after Hina Rabbani Khar came to India in 2011.
Bhutto Zardari will lead the Pakistani delegation to the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) being held on May 4-5, 2023, in Goa, India, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahrah Baloch announced
Our participation in the meeting reflects Pakistan's commitment to the SCO Charter and processes and the importance that Pakistan accords to the region in its foreign policy priorities," Baloch said.
She said the Pakistan foreign minister would be attending the meeting as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had invited him to attend the SCO meet.
This will be the first visit by a key Pakistani leader to India since after former Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2014. In 2011, then Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar had visited India.
India has formally sent invitations to all members of the SCO including Pakistan and China.
Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov are also likely to participate in the meeting. India took over the chairmanship of the nine-member mega grouping in September last year and will be holding key ministerial meetings and the summit this year.