President Mamnoon Met With Indian Prime Minister And Russian President On The 18th SCO Summit
President Mamnoon Met With Indian Prime Minister And Russain President On The 18th SCO Summit: President Mamnoon Hussain and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanged conversation after a news conference by the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Qingdao where its heads were assembled.
The SCO member countries gathered for its 18th summit. Amid frosty bilateral relationship, Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanged pleasantries after the news conference by the leaders of the SCO in coastal city Qingdao in eastern China of Shandong Province.
The two leaders shook hands at the end of the media briefing which was addressed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The media didn’t elaborate further.
China is the host and chair of the SCO. Mamnoon Hussain and Modi were among the leaders who attended the media briefing after culmination of the 18th SCO Summit where India and Pakistan participated as full-fledged members for the first time.
According to the Indian media, the relations between Pakistan and India had strained after an attack on an army camp in Uri in Indian Held Jammu and Kashmir (IHK) by Mujahideen in 2016. The ties took a severe hit post-sentencing of Indian naval officer for spying and spreading terrorism in Pakistan namely Kulbhushan Jadhav by a military court in April last year, the Indian media added.
Pakistan And Russia
Pakistan and Russia agreed to work together for further enhancing economic ties and increasing trade volume, in order to realize tremendous potential for bilateral trade between the two nations.
This was agreed in a meeting between President Mamnoon Hussain and President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of 18th Meeting of the Council of Heads of States of Shanghai Cooperation Organization held in the international port city of Shandong province.
Both leaders agreed that bilateral relations have strengthened. Trade, energy, security, culture, education and people-to-people contact were identified as avenues for enhanced future cooperation.
The two leaders discussed matters of mutual interest including bilateral, contemporary regional and global issues.
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