PM Shehbaz Sharif attends SCO welcome banquet in China

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif attended the welcome banquet in Tianjin, hosted in honor of the world leaders attending the 25th SCO Heads of State Council Meeting. On his arrival at the banquet venue, the Prime Minister was welcomed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Prime Minister held informal meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and leaders of Malaysia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Maldives besides the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.