{"id":46193,"date":"2024-08-25T15:02:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T10:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=46193"},"modified":"2024-08-25T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T10:02:57","slug":"pakistan-formally-invites-indian-pm-narendra-modi-to-attend-sco-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-formally-invites-indian-pm-narendra-modi-to-attend-sco-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan formally invites Indian PM Narendra Modi to attend SCO summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has formally invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-to-open-new-govt-schools-in-rented-buildings\/\"> Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)<\/a> summit in Islamabad on October 15-16, marking the first invitation to an Indian leader in eight years.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation, extended by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/indian-pm-modis-plane-uses-pakistani-airspace-for-return-to-india\/\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif<\/a>, comes despite strained relations between the two nations. While Modi&#8217;s attendance is uncertain, skipping the meeting may be challenging due to the presence of other influential countries.<\/p>\n<p>The SCO, a Eurasian alliance founded in 2001, aims to foster regional cooperation and counterbalance Western alliances like the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/all-passengers-announced-dead-as-coaster-plunges-into-gorge-in-rawalakot\/\">North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).<\/a> Pakistan has consistently participated in SCO meetings, including those hosted by India.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, Bilawal Bhutto attended the SCO Foreign Ministers&#8217; meeting in Goa. Later, India extended an invitation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the SCO summit in New Delhi, but unexpectedly switched to a virtual format, possibly due to escalating tensions with China and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The SCO plays a crucial role in addressing regional security threats, including terrorism, extremism, and separatism, through joint military exercises and intelligence sharing among member states<\/p>\n<p>The summit will address regional security concerns, promote economic cooperation through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and provide a platform for member states to align on global issues, advocating for a multipolar world order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has formally invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Islamabad on October 15-16, marking the first invitation to an Indian leader in eight years. The invitation, extended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, comes despite strained relations between the two nations. While Modi&#8217;s attendance is uncertain, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6899,18382,20832],"class_list":["post-46193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pm-shehba-sharif","tag-pm-narendra-modi","tag-sco-summit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46195,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46193\/revisions\/46195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}