sco foreign ministers meeting 2023 live updates: Foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states will finalize a set of 15 decisions or proposals in their deliberations today (May 5) for consideration at the grouping’s summit in July, people familiar with the matter said. Said. The resolutions aim to expand cooperation among SCO member states in the areas of trade, technology, commerce, security and socio-cultural ties. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will chair the meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers at the seaside Taj Exotica resort in Benaulim, Goa. Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Russia’s Sergei Lavrov, Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Uzbekistan’s Bakhtior Saidov are among those who have already reached Goa to attend the meeting. Friday’s meeting is expected to finalize agreements to include Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar and the Maldives as dialogue partners in the SCO, the people cited above said. He said that the process of admitting Iran and Belarus as full members of the grouping is reaching its final stage.