Pakistan Hosts SCO Coordinators Meet Ahead of 2027 Summit — SkimNews
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- Pakistan will host a three-day SCO national coordinators' meeting from September 28 to 30 as the first engagement under its 2026-27 chairmanship of the Council of Heads of State.
- Pakistan's National Coordinator will chair the meeting, with member-state coordinators and SCO Secretariat representatives set to discuss the chairmanship programme and preparations for upcoming SCO events.
- Pakistan's chairmanship carries the theme "Turning Vision into Action: Connectivity, Innovation and Shared Prosperity," focused on promoting connectivity, fostering innovation, enhancing economic cooperation, and strengthening people-to-people contacts.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif formally assumed Pakistan's SCO Council of Heads of State chairmanship for 2026-27 earlier this month at the Bishkek summit and SCO Plus Summit during a three-day official visit.
- Pakistan's Foreign Office framed the meeting as an early coordination forum, stating Pakistan will work closely with all member states and the SCO Secretariat to translate the shared vision into practical initiatives.
Why it matters: Pakistan's 2026-27 SCO chairmanship gives it agenda-setting power over connectivity, innovation, and economic cooperation priorities, and this first coordinators' meeting locks in the programme that will frame the August 2027 summit Pakistan is set to host.
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