ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will depart for a two-day official visit to France later this week to participate in a financing summit being held in Paris.
The FO said that the premier was undertaking the visit at French President Emmanuel Macron’s invita-tion, adding that the ‘New Global Financing Pact Summit’ would be held from June 22-23.
“The summit offers an opportunity for leaders to engage in discussions regarding the development of a new global framework capable of addressing the challenges related to sustainable development fi-nancing, environmental concerns, energy transition, and the climate change agenda,” the FO state-ment said. “In the run up to other important international events and conferences during the next two years, the summit aims to define the principles and steps required for a comprehensive reform of the interna-tional financial system, and pave the way for a more balanced and fair partnership between the north and the south,” it added.
The FO said that PM Shehbaz would present Pakistan’s perspective and proposals for reforming inter-national financial institutions, climate finance, green infrastructure, attainment of sustainable devel-opment goals and solutions related to debt.
“The prime minister will also hold bilateral meetings with other world leaders on the sidelines of the summit,” the FO said. –Agencies
