India's foreign minister S Jaishankar will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Pakistan this month, his ministry has announced. This will be the first visit by a high ranking Indian minister to Pakistan in nearly a decade.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Pakistan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this month, the Indian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.

For India, the SCO offers a key platform for engaging with Central Asian nations, with whom it has historically had limited relations.

EAM's visit comes after Pakistan's invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in August for event

India on Friday announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in mid-October. This will be the first visit of India`s foreign minister to Pakistan in nearly nine years as the ties between the two neighbours remained frosty over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from the neighbouring country,

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to travel to Pakistan to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Islamabad on October 15-16. India confirmed on August 30 that it had received an invitation from Pakistan for the upcoming SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting to be held in Islamabad.