Minister for Foreign Affairs meets the Prime Minister

Islamabad: Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms Hina Rabbani Khar called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at PM’s House this morning and briefed him about her UK bilateral visit under the and Enhanced Strategic Dialogue where she had extensive interactions with her counterpart Mr William Hague and many other Cabinet Ministers.

During the stay in UK, the Pakistan Foreign Minister met US Secretary of State Ms Hillary Clinton and briefed her on the on-going Parliamentary process to revisit terms of engagements with the US.

Both the US Secretary of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs agreed said that relations between Pakistan and USA were important and must be based on mutual respect and be seen to pursue mutual interest at the same level.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs said that UK has invited Prime Minister of Pakistan to undertake bilateral visit during the first half of current year.

Minister for Foreign Affairs also briefed about her visit to UAE to co-chair Joint Ministerial Commission meeting with her UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan where Pakistan’s role in pursuing regional peace and security was highly appreciated.

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