Musadik Malik will lead the delegation to the three-day event scheduled for November 20 to 22.
Pakistan has announced that Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Musadik Malik will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Civilisational Dialogue in New Delhi. The event is scheduled to take place from November 20 to 22, according to reports from The Times of India, The Pioneer and India Today.
The gathering aims to bring together representatives from SCO member states to discuss cultural understanding and civilisational dialogue. Pakistan's Foreign Office stated that Islamabad is dedicated to encouraging interaction between different civilisations and building people-to-people connections through the SCO in a spirit of mutual respect.
Malik's visit will be the first ministerial trip from Pakistan to India since then-Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari attended a meeting in Goa in May 2023. It also follows a military confrontation in May 2025 that occurred after a terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, which killed 26 people.
India responded to the Pahalgam attack with Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure. The subsequent four-day military confrontation ended on May 10 after an understanding was reached between military officials.
Despite strained bilateral relations, both nations continue to interact through the SCO, a Eurasian intergovernmental group. India has consistently used the forum to raise concerns regarding cross-border terrorism and its financing.
