Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif received the Shanghai Cooperation Organizations (SCO) Secretary-General, Zhang Ming, here in Islamabad on Thursday, who was here for the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting, which concluded here on Wednesday.

Recalling Ming’s earlier visit to Pakistan in July 2022, the Prime Minister welcomed the Secretary-General in Islamabad and thanked him for the support extended by the SCO Secretariat to Pakistan in organization of the SCO CHG meeting.

While reaffirming Pakistan’s commitment to the SCO Charter, the Prime Minister assured the Secretary-General that as SCO member, Pakistan would continue to work wholeheartedly for promotion of the organization’s development priorities for the benefit of all its member States and the wider region.

He stressed that Pakistan stood ready to work with SCO member states so as to make the organization more effective and stronger.

The Prime Minister also thanked Ming for his dedication and outstanding services as the outgoing Secretary-General of SCO and wished him every success in his future endeavours. Ming warmly felicitated the Prime Minister on the successful organization of the SCO CHG meeting and its positive outcome.

He appreciated Pakistan’s constructive contributions to SCO’s work and activities across all domains and expressed satisfaction over Pakistan’s leadership role as SCO CHG Chair.