Summary Both the leaders discussed about the membership of NSG and CPEC project.
TASHKENT (Dunya News) – President Mamnoon Hussain met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.
Both the leaders discussed about the membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
They agreed that discrimination should not be carried out in the membership of NSG however; balance of power in the region will be distorted if only India is approved of the membership.
President Mamnoon said that strategic partnership is present between Pakistan and China.
He reiterated that no compromise will be made on CPEC.
President Mamnoon Hussain thanked China for supporting Pakistan in its resolve to achieve membership of NSG and SCO.
Both the leaders agreed to work together for regional peace and stability.
Meeting of Heads of States Council of SCO is due to held today in Tashkent in which President Mamnoon Hussain is leading the Pakistan delegation.
SCO is an important organization founded in Shanghai in 2001. Its member- states include China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The SCO Heads of States Council (HSC) is the highest decision-making body of the Organization.
Pakistan was invited to start the process of becoming full SCO member at the Heads of State Council meeting held in Ufa, Russia in July 2015.
Pakistan is expected to sign the ‘Memorandum of Obligations’ at Tashkent which will be major step towards becoming a full member of the SCO. Prior to that, as an Observer State of the SCO, Pakistan has been making substantive contribution to regional peace, security and development.
The SCO comprises six Member States, five Observers and three Dialogue Partners. Established in June 2001, Pakistan became an Observer in SCO in 2005 and was the first country to apply for full membership in 2010.
The SCO aims at strengthening friendly relations amongst states, maintenance of peace, stability and security in the region, building a new, just and rational international political and economic order, joint efforts in combating terrorism, extremism, separatism and the menace of narcotic substances.
