By Dawn.com
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will travel to Tianjin, China, tomorrow for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation鈥檚 (SCO) meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, state media outlet Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday.
The SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political grouping whose members include China, Russia, Pakistan, India, and Iran. Their foreign ministers鈥 meeting was held as a precursor to the annual summit of its leaders set for the autumn.
According to the report, Dar will be attending the event at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The top diplomats from Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will also attend the event.
鈥淭he upcoming Council of Heads of State will take place on August 31 and September 1 in Tianjin, China,鈥 Radio Pakistan reported.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office reported that Dar spoke with Uzbekistan鈥檚 Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov today and discussed progress on the Framework Agreemen