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SCO Foreign Ministers Meeting 2023 LIVE UPDATES: Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member international locations will finalise in their deliberations today (May 5) a set of 15 choices or proposals for the consideration of the grouping’s summit in July, individuals acquainted with the matter mentioned. The proposals are aimed toward increasing cooperation among the many SCO member international locations in the areas of commerce, expertise, commerce, safety and socio-cultural ties. The SCO Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting on the sea-side Taj Exotica resort in Goa’s Benaulim can be chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Russia’s Sergey Lavrov, Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Uzbekistan’s Bakhtiyor Saidov are amongst those that have already arrived in Goa to attend the meeting. The individuals cited above mentioned Friday’s meeting is expected to finalise agreements for the inclusion of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar and the Maldives as dialogue companions in the SCO. The course of to admit Iran and Belarus as full members of the grouping is reaching its ultimate stage, they mentioned.
