Pakistan’s Climate Minister Musadiq Masood Malik will visit India next week. According to the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, Malik will attend a program of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to be held in New Delhi from 20 to 22 November. India had invited Pakistan to participate in the program being a member of SCO. For this, Pakistan’s National Heritage and Culture Minister Aurangzeb Khan Khichi was invited last month. This will be the first time after Operation Sindoor that a Pakistani minister will visit India. Earlier in May 2023, the then Foreign Minister of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had come to Goa to attend the SCO meeting. The first session of the SCO Civilization Dialogue Forum, the first program on India’s initiative, will be held in New Delhi later this month. This initiative has been launched by India to increase cultural exchange and people-to-people contacts across Eurasia. India has invited all the 10 member countries of SCO to participate in the Civilization Dialogue programme. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said that India is ready to host all the member countries in this program. In this Civilization Dialogue to be held from 20 to 22 November in New Delhi, representatives of member countries will discuss to increase dialogue and mutual contact between different civilizations and cultures. This program was announced by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on October 20 in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. At that time he had come to attend the SCO meeting. Pakistan holds the presidency of the SCO Pakistan has held the rotating presidency of the Council of Heads of Government of the SCO member states for 2026–27 from 1 September 2026. SCO includes India, Pakistan, China, Russia, Iran, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Malik’s visit is not for bilateral talks between the two countries. He will participate in this program as a representative of the SCO member country. ————————— Also read this news… Report – India has placed 2 conditions for Hasina’s return: First – Bangladeshi army should take her safely, second – She should be given a chance to appeal against the hanging. India has placed two conditions for the return of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. According to BBC Bangla report, Indian officials want the Bangladesh Army itself to come to India and take Hasina back with itself. Read the full news here…
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