WASHINGTON – Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan,discussed a host of issues, ranging from Pak-US multilateral cooperation onSustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to connectivity and digitalinclusion, when he met US Assistant Secretary of State for InternationalOrganization Affairs, Ambassador Michele Sison, on Thursday, according toan embassy press release.
Following the meeting, the ambassador wrote on the Twitter, “It was a greatpleasure to meet outstanding US Ambassador Michele Sison, AssistantSecretary International Organization Affairs. Discussed Pak-US cooperationon multilateral issues, connectivity and digital inclusion”.
The Ambassador termed the meeting as “productive conversation,” the pressrelease said.For her part, Ambassador Sison wrote, “Great meeting with PakistaniAmbassador Masood Khan to further strengthen our multilateral cooperationincluding on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
Bilaterally, Pakistan and United States are engaging each other vigorouslyto promote their ties in trade, investment, health, energy, agriculture andthe tech sector, the press release said, adding that two countries would becollaborating and cooperating more closely at multilateral fora – UnitedNations, New York, UN organizations in Geneva and UN affiliated specializedorganizations in Vienna, Nairobi, Italy and Paris.
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Pakistan and the United States would be working collaboratively to addressthe issues related to food security, climate challenge and global financialarchitecture, it was pointed out. Moreover, the US and Group of 77(developing countries) will have a dialogue to address matters of mutualinterest. Currently, Pakistan is the chairman of the Group of 77 in NewYork.
Recently, a high-level United States-Pakistan Health Dialogue was heldwhich has pushed forward the two countries’ cooperation in fightingpandemics, mother and child health, vaccine manufacturing andnon-communicable diseases (NCD).
