The 14th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit has begun in the capital of the central Henan province of China on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here Monday on a two-day visit to China to represent Pakistan at the 14th Heads of Government Council meeting of SCO.
He is accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal and Special Assistant to the PM on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi and senior government officials.
Addressing the Summit, PM Nawaz called for collective efforts to confront the challenges of extremism, terrorism, human and drug trafficking, environmental degradation and natural disasters.
He went on to say that the security situation in the region remains precarious and the menace of terrorism has become even more serious. He said militant ideology needed to be countered through a comprehensive joint strategy.
Representative of Afghanistan, Iran, India, Belarus and Mongolia are also present in the summit.
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