Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 29, 2024, 08:30 PM
India-Pakistan Relations: India and Pakistan have long had strained relations, with terrorism being a major issue. India has made it clear that Pakistan must stop supporting terrorism for relations between the two countries to normalise. Amid these tense situations, Pakistan has taken an important step and sent an invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.The summit, to be held in Islamabad in October, will be attended by heads of government of the SCO member countries. Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mumtaz Zehra Baloch, has confirmed that PM Modi has also been invited for the summit to be held on October 15-16. However, India has not yet clarified who will attend the summit.The SCO, an important economic and security grouping of India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, will hold ministerial and senior officials meetings ahead of the summit. These meetings will focus on promoting economic, social, cultural and humanitarian cooperation among member countries.This invitation may be a sign of a possible change in the relations between the two countries, and the outcome of this conference may determine the direction of India-Pakistan relations.PM Modi also got an invitationThe summit of the heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is being organized in the month of October in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. Pakistan has also sent an invitation to PM Modi to participate in it. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zehra Baloch said that invitations have been sent to the heads of state to participate in the summit to be held on October 15-16.Who will go from India's side?Pakistani spokesperson Mumtaz Zehra Baloch has said that an invitation has also been sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in the conference. Some countries have already confirmed their participation in the SCO summit of heads of state. Baloch has said that it will be told at the scheduled time which country has confirmed. However, India has not yet disclosed who will attend the conference.What is the importance of SCO?Before the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, there will be several rounds of ministerial talks and meetings of senior officials. In this, the focus will be on financial, economic, socio-cultural and humanitarian cooperation between member countries. Let us tell you that SCO is an influential economic and security group of India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.