Islamabad, April 22 (TNS): Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan will leave for Beijing tomorrow (Monday) to lead Pakistani delegation at the meeting of defence ministers of the SCO member-states to be held on Tuesday in Beijing, says a press release issued by the Defence Ministry.
The minister will hold a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe and discuss ways and means to further enhance defence cooperation between the two countries.
The Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are scheduled to meet in Beijing, China from 21st -25th April 2018.
On the invitation of General Wei Fenghe, State Councilor and National Defence Minister of China, Federal Minister for Defence, Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan would be attending the Summit.
Pakistan alongwith India attained full membership status of the SCO at the Astana Summit in 2017. China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are the other member status of SCO.
During the Summit, the SCO member countries would exchange views on the current international and regional security issues as well as other issues of common interest.
