Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is now in America, will participate in a reception arranged by the US President Biden in New York.
PM Shehbaz is among the world leaders attending the UNGA session in New York and President Biden has invited him to a reception in New York.
According to the Foreign Office officials, the Premier will interact with the US president informally during the reception.
The official said the prime minister, though will not have any bilateral meeting with Biden, will interact with the US president informally during the reception.
This will be the first interaction between the US president and the Pakistani prime minister in the last 21 months. Biden became the US President on Jan 20, 2021, and since then he neither contacted Imran Khan when he was the Prime Minister nor hiss successor Shehbaz Sharif.
The meeting despite being informal will be significant given the fact that the Biden administration during Imran’s government largely ignored Pakistan.
A senior adviser of the US Secretary of State recently visited Pakistan while the Biden administration also approved the $450 million sale of F-16 equipment to Pakistan. Additionally, the United States has provided millions of dollars assistance to Pakistan for flood relief activities.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to meet the French President this week in New York _ the first bilateral meeting between the Pakistani and French leaders in seven years.
After attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth in London, PM Shehbaz has reached New York today.
