Beijing: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar represented Pakistan at the joint call of the Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States on President Xi Jinping of China.

The Chinese President, welcoming the Heads of Delegations, underlined the salience of regional cooperation under the ambit of SCO, an organization covering the Eurasian land mass and a large expanse of the world's population.

Prior to this, Ishaq Dar departed Diaoyutai and arrived at the Great Hall of the People for the SCO Foreign Ministers' Group Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China.

Meanwhile Ishaq Dar met with Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Kulubaev Zheenbek Moldokanovic, at the Great Hall in Beijing on the margins of the SCO CFM.

In a statement Ishaq Dar said we reaffirmed our commitment to the longstanding bilateral relationship and to enhancing collaboration across all areas of mutual interest.

Meanwhile ishaq Dar had an engaging discussion with his Kazakh counterpart, DPM/FM Murat Nurtleu, on the margin of the meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Ishaq Dar said we reaffirmed our resolve to deepen Pak-Kazakh bilateral ties and to expand collaboration across regional and multilateral fora.