UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Pakistan from October 6 to 8, during which he will meet the country's top leadership and discuss regional and international developments, authorities here said on Monday.
ISLAMABAD — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Pakistan from October 6 to 8, during which he will meet the country's top leadership and discuss regional and international developments, authorities here said on Monday.
Guterres is undertaking the official visit at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office.
During his visit, Guterres will meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Dar and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir.
The UN chief will also visit the headquarters of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) and attend a briefing at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Pakistan.
Guterres will have several other engagements during the visit, at which Pakistan's efforts to strengthen multilateralism and promote international peace and security, as well as its progress in disaster preparedness and early warning systems, will be highlighted, the FO said.
The visit will “offer an important opportunity to reiterate Pakistan's long standing cooperation with the United Nations, and to exchange views on regional and international developments”, it said.