Islamabad hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2024.
The summit aims to address critical issues such as regional security, economic cooperation, and combating terrorism.
India’s External Affairs Minister, alongside Prime Ministers from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran’s First Vice-President participated in the event.
This is the first high-level visit by an Indian official to Pakistan in nearly nine years.
SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international body founded on June 15, 2001, in Shanghai, China.
The organisation expanded to nine member countries with the inclusion of India and Pakistan in 2017.