Ishaq Dar, Wang Yi reaffirm Pakistan-China All-Weather Strategic Partnership

BISHKEK – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar met with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Heads of State meeting in Bishkek.

The two foreign ministers held a warm and cordial exchange, reaffirming the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China.

They discussed matters of mutual interest, including UNGA 2026 in New York and the ongoing process for the election of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Earlier, a warm exchange was held between Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi ahead of the SCO Council of Heads of State meeting in Bishkek.

The two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations and regional developments and reaffirmed the importance of continued engagement.

DPM Dar underscored that dialogue and diplomacy remain essential to promoting peace and stability in the region, and that sincere implementation by both parties to the conflict of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding of June 2026 remains the only way forward.

Ishaq Dar also met Uzbekistan FM Bakhtiyor Saidov and the two sides reaffirmed the close and growing Pakistan–Uzbekistan partnership and discussed ways to further strengthen cooperation in all areas of mutual interest.