SCO Foreign Ministers' Meet Kicks Off, Jaishankar Greets Bhutto-Zardari, Qin With Namaste. In Pics

The main deliberations of the two-day SCO Foreign Ministers' meeting took place on Friday, with Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang, Russia's Sergey Lavrov and their counterparts in attendance.

Foreign ministers from different countries take part in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Goa

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar chaired the conclave on Friday and in his opening remarks said the 'menace' of terrorism continues to remain a threat for countries and that cross-border terrorism has to stop. (Source: PTI)

Before the meeting, Jaishankar greeted his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, China's Qin Gang and other foreign ministers with a namaste on their arrival at Goa's Taj Exotica Resort. (Source: PTI)

In his address at the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting, Jaishankar said the channel of finances for terrorist activities must be seized and blocked without distinction. (Source: PTI)

Jaishankar greeted Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari with a namaste and there was no handshake. At Thursday evening's reception, Jaishankar shook hands with his Pakistani counterpart like he did with others. (Source: PTI)

Bhutto-Zardari landed in Goa on Thursday, becoming the first Pakistani foreign minister to visit India in almost 12 years. (Source: PTI)

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also held talks with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Secretary-General Zhang Ming on the sidelines of the SCO meeting. (Source: PTI)

Bhutto-Zardari also met Uzbeksitan’s Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov as well. On Friday, he remembered his mother and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination at the hands of 'terrorists' as he addressed the meeting in Goa. (Source: PTI)