The edited framing keeps Sharif at the centre alongside several prominent leaders
The summit, marking the SCO’s 25th anniversary was held in the expanded “SCO Plus” format, bringing together leaders from member, partner and observer countries to discuss wider regional and global issues What PM Modi told SCO summit During the summit, PM Modi addressed the SCO summit and called for a united fight against terrorism, saying there could be no “double standards” on the issue. The original family photograph, taken before a session of the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek, showed the heads of member states standing together. From left, the photograph featured SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure chief Ularbek Sharsheev. The edited framing keeps Sharif at the centre alongside several prominent leaders, while excluding a number of other participants visible in the original summit photograph. The 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Leadership Summit focused on strengthening regional cooperation and addressing shared security, economic and geopolitical challenges.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ’s Office on Tuesday shared a photo from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit cropping out several world leaders while putting Sharif in the centre of the image.