Happy to be in Goa, my go to will focus utterly on SCO: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: The loads awaited Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ meeting kickstarted in Goa on Thursday with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holding bilateral conferences with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang.

No bilateral happened between Jaishankar and Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari – although the latter talked about meeting his counterparts over dinner the place every he and Jaishankar would have come nostril to nostril.

“My decision to attend the meeting illustrates Pakistan’s strong commitment to the charter of the SCO. My visit will be focused exclusively on the SCO and I will have discussions with my counterparts from friendly countries,” Bilawal talked about sooner than heading to Goa. It has been 12 years given that last go to by a Pakistan Foreign Minister to India.

On landing in Goa, Bilawal was acquired on the airport by Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) JP Singh. Singh has moreover served as India’s Ambassador to Pakistan before now.

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Bilawal talked about that he was glad to be in Goa collectively along with his delegation from Pakistan. He met Lavrov and the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan and talked about he would look forward to meeting the others over dinner.

Interestingly, the bilateral meeting between Bilawal and Lavrov received right here ahead of Pakistan importing its first consignment of crude oil from Russia. The consignment is predicted to reach Karachi inside each week from now.

Meanwhile, although no bilaterals happened between India and Pakistan, Jaishankar held talks collectively along with his counterparts from Russia, China and Uzbekistan.

“We did a comprehensive review of our bilateral, global and multilateral cooperation with Sergey Lavrov. Appreciated Russia’s support for India’s SCO Presidency. Also discussed issues pertaining to G20 and BRICS,” talked about Jaishankar.

Earlier, Jaishankar’s first meeting in Goa was with SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming. “The Indian Presidency is driven by a commitment to secure the SCO. Its key focus areas are startups, traditional medicine, youth empowerment, Buddhist heritage and science and technology,” Jaishankar talked about.

Speaking on his meeting with the Chinese worldwide minister, Jaishankar talked about, “We had a detailed discussion with state councillor and FM Qin Gang of China. The focus remains on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquility in the border areas. We also discussed SCO, G20 and BRICS.”

In Jaishankar’s third bilateral meeting collectively along with his counterpart from Uzbekistan, the duo spoke about mutual cooperation.

NEW DELHI: The loads awaited Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ meeting kickstarted in Goa on Thursday with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holding bilateral conferences with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang.

No bilateral happened between Jaishankar and Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari – although the latter talked about meeting his counterparts over dinner the place every he and Jaishankar would have come nostril to nostril.

“My decision to attend the meeting illustrates Pakistan’s strong commitment to the charter of the SCO. My visit will be focused exclusively on the SCO and I will have discussions with my counterparts from friendly countries,” Bilawal talked about sooner than heading to Goa. It has been 12 years given that last go to by a Pakistan Foreign Minister to India.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

On landing in Goa, Bilawal was acquired on the airport by Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) JP Singh. Singh has moreover served as India’s Ambassador to Pakistan before now.

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Bilawal talked about that he was glad to be in Goa collectively along with his delegation from Pakistan. He met Lavrov and the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan and talked about he would look forward to meeting the others over dinner.

Interestingly, the bilateral meeting between Bilawal and Lavrov received right here ahead of Pakistan importing its first consignment of crude oil from Russia. The consignment is predicted to reach Karachi inside each week from now.

Meanwhile, although no bilaterals happened between India and Pakistan, Jaishankar held talks collectively along with his counterparts from Russia, China and Uzbekistan.

“We did a comprehensive review of our bilateral, global and multilateral cooperation with Sergey Lavrov. Appreciated Russia’s support for India’s SCO Presidency. Also discussed issues pertaining to G20 and BRICS,” talked about Jaishankar.

Earlier, Jaishankar’s first meeting in Goa was with SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming. “The Indian Presidency is driven by a commitment to secure the SCO. Its key focus areas are startups, traditional medicine, youth empowerment, Buddhist heritage and science and technology,” Jaishankar talked about.

Speaking on his meeting with the Chinese worldwide minister, Jaishankar talked about, “We had a detailed discussion with state councillor and FM Qin Gang of China. The focus remains on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquility in the border areas. We also discussed SCO, G20 and BRICS.”

In Jaishankar’s third bilateral meeting collectively along with his counterpart from Uzbekistan, the duo spoke about mutual cooperation.