ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi will undertake a four-day visit to Pakistan from May 5 to 8, 2023.
Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi will lead a high-level delegation which includes the Acting Afghan Minister for Commerce and Industry Haji Nooruddin Azizi, and Senior Officials from the Afghan Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Transport and Trade.
Apart from holding bilateral meetings, the Acting Afghan Foreign Minister will also participate in the 5th China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue on May 6, 2023.
The State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the Peoples Republic of China Qin Gang will also participate in the Trilateral Foreign Minister’s Dialogue.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad said that the visit of the Acting Afghan Foreign Minister is a continuation of Pakistan’s political engagement process with Afghanistan, which, inter alia, included visit of Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs to Kabul on November 29, 2022 and visit of a high-level delegation led by the Defence Minister of Pakistan to Kabul on February 22, 2023.
During the visit, the two sides will review the entire spectrum of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the political, economic, trade, connectivity, peace and security, and education domains.
The ministry said that Pakistan is desirous of a peaceful, prosperous, stable and connected Afghanistan and reiterates its commitment to pursue continuous and practical engagement with the Interim Afghan government.
