The session of the Council of Heads of Government also welcomes leaders from Belarus, China, Central Asia, Iran and India.
Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar (second from left) is seen at Nur Khan Air Base in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, November 17, 2025, leaving for Moscow to attend the SCO summit. PHOTO: GOP
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Moscow on Monday to lead the Pakistani delegation to the two-day summit of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The SCO is an intergovernmental organization aimed at strengthening cooperation among member states in the sectors of politics, trade, economy, science and technology, culture, education, energy, transportation, tourism and environment.
Upon arrival at the airport, Dar was received by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, as well as other Russian and Pakistani diplomatic officials, the Foreign Ministry said.
“In his address to the SCO CHG, the Deputy Prime Minister will share Pakistan’s views on important regional and global issues as well as ways to strengthen the Organization for the benefit of the SCO region,” state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Foreign Affairs @MIshaqDar50 of Pakistan, HE Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar arrived in Moscow today to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization-Council of Heads of Government (OCS-CHG) meeting on 17-18 November 2025. At the airport, the DPM/FM was… pic.twitter.com/uZZ6uG9UPd
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) November 17, 2025
The CHG summit, which will take place on November 17-18, will bring together the heads of government of Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the vice president of Iran and the foreign minister of India.
In addition to the SCO member states, heads of government of Mongolia, Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait and Turkmenistan, as well as leaders of international organizations, including the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), will also participate.
The Foreign Ministry in Islamabad said Dar, who is also Pakistan’s foreign minister, would hold bilateral meetings with leaders of other SCO countries on the sidelines of the summit.
The CHG is the second forum of the SCO and deals with economic, commercial, social, cultural and humanitarian issues, as well as budgetary issues related to the organization. Dar will present Pakistan’s position on regional and global issues at the summit.
