ASTANA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday interacted with world leaders as they gathered in the capital city of Kazakhstan to attend the 24th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
On the sidelines of the summit, the prime minister interacted with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and discussed regional and international matters with him.
He also had an interaction with Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko, and discussed bilateral and other matters of mutual interest with the leaders, the official news agency reported.
Prime Minister Shehbaz also joined the participating leaders to sign the declaration at the conclusion of the summit that was held under the title ‘Strengthening Multilateral Dialogue – Striving Towards a Sustainable Peace and Prosperity’, and attended by leaders from Pakistan, China, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkiye, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, India and others.
