Pakistan takes part in first SCO Media Summit

SHANGHAI: The first Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media Summit was held in Beijing on Friday (June 1), attended by leaders, representatives, diplomats and media delegates of member and observer states of the group.

In his address, Huang Kunming, member of the Political Bureau and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC said given the destabilizing environment faced by the world, development of a mutually beneficial strategy to address our common concerns, aided through pivotal role of media, is the need of the day.

The Pakistan delegation was led by Shafaqat Jalil, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage. He congratulated SCO member states representatives for successfully organising the media summit.

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Media, he said, can play a positive role in promoting inter-SCO harmony for maintaining peace, security and stability in the region and SCO provides the perfect platform. He termed Pakistani media as vibrant with potential for tremendous growth through collaboration of media organizations under the group’s umbrella.

Mr. Jiang Jianguo, deputy head of the Publicity Department of CPC, conducted the proceedings of the 1st SCO Media Summit hosted by China.

Ambassador of Pakistan Mr. Masood Khalid and Mr. Rashid Alimov, SCO Secretary General were also present on the occasion.

The summit concluded with launch of the “1st Shanghai Cooperation Organization Media Summit Initiative on Strengthening Media Exchanges and Cooperation” followed by signing ceremony of MoU and agreements.