External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will visit Uzbekistan on 28-29 July to take part in the meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers.
The meeting will discuss preparations for the upcoming Meeting of the Council of Heads of State on 15-16 September 2022 in Samarkand, the MEA said here on Wednesday.
During the SCO foreign ministers meeting Dr Jaishankar will also meet his counterpart from China, Wang Yi. The meeting will also provide an opportunity for an interface with Jaishankar’s Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto.
The minister is going there at the invitation of Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov.
The foreign ministers will review the ongoing cooperation in expansion of the SCO Organisation and exchange ideas on regional and global developments of common concern.