Musadik Masood Malik will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation forum in New Delhi from November 20 to 22.
Pakistan's Climate Minister Musadik Masood Malik will visit New Delhi from November 20 to 22 to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Civilisational Dialogue Forum, according to reports from Bhaskar English, The Hindu and WION.
The forum is an Indian initiative designed to encourage cultural interaction and build connections between different societies across Eurasia. The event will be held at Purana Qila.
Malik's visit is intended for his role as an SCO member representative rather than for bilateral discussions between India and Pakistan. India has invited all 10 SCO member nations to the programme.
This trip would be the first visit by a Pakistani minister to India since May 2023, when then Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari attended a meeting in Goa. It follows a four-day military conflict between the two nations in 2025.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced the initiative on October 20 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat previously expressed hope that Pakistan would attend the event.
The SCO includes 10 members: India, Pakistan, China, Russia, Iran, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Pakistan assumed the rotating chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of Government for 2026-27 on September 1, 2026.
