Foreign Ministers of SCO member countries to continue their deliberations on 2nd day of their meeting in Goa today

Goa: Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries will finalise in their deliberations on the second day of their meeting in Goa today. A set of 15 decisions or proposals are likely to be finalised for consideration of the grouping's summit in July. 

The proposals are aimed at expanding cooperation among the SCO member countries in the areas of trade, technology, commerce, security and socio-cultural ties. The SCO Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting at Goa's Benaulim will be chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

The two-day meeting of foreign ministers of SCO got



underway in Goa yesterday. Foreign Ministers of eight nations, including Pakistan and China, are attending the key meeting. India took over the chairmanship of the SCO grouping in September last year. On the sidelines of the SCO meet, Dr Jaishankar held bilateral talks with his Chinese, Russian and Uzbekistan counterparts. 

Dr Jaishankar also held bilateral meeting with SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming and appreciated his support for India's SCO Presidency. The SCO has Russia, India, China, Pakistan, and four central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as its members.