UN Sec.-Gen. may take part in SCO summit in Kazakhstan

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres may take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, which will be held in July in Kazakhstan, according to the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, Report informs referring to Interfax.

The invitation of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was conveyed to Guterres by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu at a meeting in Geneva.

“The UN secretary-general, thanking for the invitation, highly appreciated the efforts of Kazakhstan in promoting sustainable development and strengthening international peace and security,” reads the statement.

In addition, current global challenges, deepening regional cooperation between the countries of Central Asia, as well as the initiative to establish the UN Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan in Almaty were discussed in Geneva.