Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet US President Donald Trump tomorrow (Monday) on the sidelines of 74th United Nations General Assembly session in New York and the discussion will largely focus on situation in Kashmir and the stalled Afghan peace process, diplomatic sources said. President Trump is also scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in New York after their participation jointly in an event called "Howdy Modi" in Houston on Sunday.
Both Pakistani and Indian prime ministers are scheduled to address the UN General Assembly on September 27 - Modi to speak first, late Friday morning while Prime Minister Khan will speak later in the afternoon.
The discussions with both the prime ministers are expected to be focused on the tension between Pakistan and India over the situations in the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The sources said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump will exchange views on issues of mutual interest, particularly the situation in Kashmir, Pakistan-India tension and the stalled peace process between the US and the Afghan Taliban. At the conclusion of his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Imran Khan reached New York on Saturday to attend the UN General Assembly session. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Adviser on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis Syed Zilfiqar Abbas Bokhari are also accompanying the Prime Minister.
According to the Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, Prime Minister Imran Khan will lead the Pakistan delegation during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly session in New York from 21-27 September 2019.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will also attend the General Assembly session, interact with his counterparts from various countries, and address important ministerial meetings, especially the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the Prime Minister will hold several bilateral meetings with his counterparts from various regions and participate in high-level UN summits on climate change, sustainable development, universal health coverage and financing for development.
Prime Minister Khan will also attend and speak at high-level side event co-hosted by Pakistan and Turkey on countering hate speech and on environmental protection and poverty alleviation, co-hosted by Malaysia and Pakistan. A trilateral summit meeting of Pakistan, Malaysia and Turkey will be held on the General Assembly sidelines.
Apart from these engagements, the Prime Minister will interact with cross-section of international media outlets including meetings with editorial boards. The Prime Minister's speaking engagements at leading think-tanks and meetings with heads of major international human rights organizations are also envisaged. Prime Minister Khan will deliver his address to the UN General Assembly on Friday (27 September) and share Pakistan's perspective and position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute and its current human rights and related dimensions.
The Prime Minister will also avail the opportunity to articulate Pakistan's perspective on some key contemporary issues. Overall, the centrality of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute would be emphasized through myriad engagements.
"Pakistan has always been a strong advocate of and one of the leading contributors to the United Nations work in the areas of peace, security and development," he said, adding that the Prime Minister's visit will further reinforce Pakistan's abiding commitment to the UN Charter, international law and cooperative multilateralism, with the UN at its core.
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