ISLAMABAD – Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said on theinvitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, Prime MinisterImran Khan will also participate in the Kuala Lumpur Summit due to takeplace in Kuala Lumpur from 18th to 20th of this month.
The spokesperson said Kuala Lumpur Summit is a platform to exchange viewson the current challenges and to work together to address them.
He said the summit will provide Pakistan with the opportunity to exchangeviews and find solution to the challenges facing the Muslim world,particularly governance, development, terrorism and Islamophobia.
He said the summit will also provide us an opportunity to fostercooperation in diverse areas with the participating countries.
Prime Minister Imran Khan is to visit Geneva to attend the first-everGlobal Refugees Forum beginning on the 17th of this month.
At his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Friday, Foreign OfficeSpokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal said the forum is being held in recognitionof Pakistan’s generosity, hospitality and compassion for hosting the Afghanrefugees for over forty years.
This is the first major meeting on the refugees of 21st century and it willbe jointly hosted by the UN Refugee Agency and the government ofSwitzerland.
Several heads of states are expected to join Prime Minister Imran Khan asco-conveners.