The Presidential Palace released a statement informing that President Ghani left on Thursday morning for Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet.
The president will be speaking at the summit and will be meeting various heads of states on the sidelines of the conference.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) — touted as Asian NATO — is holding its 19th summit, beginning Thursday in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek.
Among others, the leaders of member states attending the two-day summit, include Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan.