NEW DELHI, OCT 13, 2020: THE Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States will be hosted by Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Law & Justice, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology on 16th October, 2020.

In this connection, Mr. Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice will also host the Second meeting of the Experts Working Group on 13th and 14th October, 2020.

Both the meetings shall be conducted through Video Conferencing mode.

First Expert Group Preparatory Committee Meeting of the Seventh Meeting of the Ministers of Justice of SCO Countries was also held in New Delhi on 17th and 18th September, 2019.

The Experts Working Group will discuss and share their experiences, best practices and the novel steps taken by them for creating conducive environment for promoting resolution of disputes and other related activities of the Ministries of (Law and) Justice including legal services and forensic activities.

In the Seventh Meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO, Member States shall further deliberate on areas of cooperation; creating favourable conditions for resolving disputes; and implementation of the Action Plan of the Working Groups of Experts on Forensic Activities and Legal Services. A Joint Statement following the results of the Seventh Session of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO Member States shall be signed.

The Ministers of (Law and ) Justice and senior officials / experts from the Ministries of Law & Justice of India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will be participating in the Meeting. The SCO Secretariat will be providing necessary assistance during the three days' deliberations.