Pakistan has successfully secured the permanent membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Youth Council.
According to the letter written by Denis Kravchenko – SCO Youth Council head to Usman Dar – special assistant to PM Imran Khan on Youth Affairs, Pakistan has become the newest permanent member of SCO Youth Council.
Furthermore, SCO Youth Council head Denis Kravchenko has invited Pakistan to participate and play a significant role in the organization’s activities.
“After two years of efforts and PM Imran Khan’s guidance Pakistan has been admitted as a permanent member of SCO Youth Council,” said Usman Dar in a video statement.
It is pertinent to know that SCO is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance, on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai aimed at promoting cultural, economic, socio-political and security cooperation among the member states. Its full-time members include China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan.
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