Pak PM Shahbaz likely to meet Chinese President Xi during SCO summit: Report – Times of India

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif Bilateral meeting with Chinese President likely Xi Jinping Next month on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Shanghai Cooperation OrganizationAccording to a media report on Wednesday, the summit in Uzbekistan.
The Express Tribune reported that President Xi is expected to attend the SCO summit in Samarkand on September 15 and 16.
Pakistan is part of the SCO which also includes China, Russia, India and the Central Asian states of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Bilateral meeting between President Xi and Prime Minister Shahbazi The Express Tribune quoted sources as saying that the SCO is on the sidelines of the summit.
However, there is no official clarity on whether President Xi will personally attend the summit.
The report said that some reports suggest that he may attend the summit virtually due to strict COVID-19 protocols.
Sources also said that Pakistan is exploring options for a possible bilateral meeting between the Russian President Vladimir Putin And Shahbaz.
However, nothing is final yet, sources said.
In an informal meeting, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Invited his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to visit Moscow.