PM Shehbaz starts busy day in China’s Tianjin

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will have a busy day in Tianjin on Sunday during his official visit to China. The Prime Minister is scheduled to attend the reception of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Summit and will also hold a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his Tianjin visit.

Additionally, Shehbaz Sharif will visit Tianjin University, where he is expected to address students.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister arrived in Tianjin along with members of his Cabinet. At Tianjin Airport, he was received by Sun Meijun, Minister and Secretary of the CPC Committee of the General Administration of Customs of China; Yu Yunlin, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal People’s Congress and Party Secretary; Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zedong; and Pakistani Ambassador to China Khalil Hashmi.

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar, and the Prime Minister’s Adviser Tariq Fatemi are also accompanying him.

According to a Foreign Office spokesperson, at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will lead a delegation to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State (CHS) and the SCO CHS Plus meeting in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, 2025.

The SCO CHS Summit will bring together heads of state and government from SCO member states, including Pakistan, Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

The SCO CHS Plus meeting, held in an expanded format, will include leaders from Mongolia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Türkiye, Egypt, the Maldives, Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, and Indonesia, as well as the Secretary-General of the United Nations and heads of various regional and international organisations.

The FO spokesperson said at the SCO CHS Summit, Prime Minister Sharif will present Pakistan’s perspectives on pressing regional and global issues, highlighting strategies to strengthen the SCO’s role in fostering regional cooperation and stability.

The SCO CHS, as the organisation’s highest decision-making body, provides strategic, political, and security guidance, adopting declarations, statements, and key decisions that shape the SCO’s agenda.

The SCO CHS Plus, a themed summit, fosters broader dialogue with invited leaders, focusing on critical regional and global priorities.

During the CHS Plus meeting, Prime Minister Sharif will reaffirm Pakistan’s commitment to promoting multilateralism, enhancing regional security, and advancing sustainable development.

On the sidelines of the summits, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with heads of state and government from SCO member states and other invited leaders to strengthen diplomatic relations.

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