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Lavrov to Attend SCO Foreign Ministers' Meet in Goa on May 4-5

© Russian Foreign Ministry's press service / Go to the mediabankRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes part at the 2022 ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes part at  the 2022 ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh - Sputnik India, 1920, 27.04.2023
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India was admitted into the SCO in 2017, and in September 2022, the nation took over the rotating presidency of the grouping.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in India on May 4-5, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
"The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry will take part in a meeting of the Council of foreign ministers of the SCO member states in India on May 4-5. The heads of foreign policy structures in this format plan to give priority attention to the issues of substantive content of the next meeting of the Council of heads of SCO member states. It is scheduled for the period from July 3 to July 4 in New Delhi," Zakharova told a briefing.
In January, India extended invitations to all SCO members — including China and Pakistan — to take part on the forthecoming meeting of SCO foreign ministers in Goa.
This week, Pakistani foreign ministry confirmed the country's top diplomat Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will travel to India for the meet, in what will be the most senior-level visit by a Pakistani official in almost a decade.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, March 9, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. - Sputnik India, 1920, 20.04.2023
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