Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif will visit China to attend the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing from April 23-24.
Asif will also have a bilateral meeting with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Faisal said.
Pakistan became a full member of the SCO in June. The organisation was founded at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the Presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The SCO comprises of eight member states -- China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, India, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
The SCO has four members with observer status, including Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia.
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