PM Shehbaz arrives in Azerbaijan to attend trilateral summit

LACHIN: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif arrived Tuesday in Azerbaijan on the third leg of his four-nation tour, where he is scheduled to participate in a top-level Pakistan-Turkiye-Azerbaijan trilateral meeting.

Upon arrival at Lachin Airport, prime minister Shehbaz was warmly received by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, senior diplomat Qasim Mohiuddin, and other members of the Azerbaijani diplomatic corps.

During his visit, PM Shehbaz Sharif will hold a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, in addition to the trilateral summit involving President Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

PM Shehbaz, on the visit, is accompanied by foreign minister Ishaq Dar, federal Information minister Attaullah Tarar, and Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi.

Following his engagements in Azerbaijan, the prime minister will proceed to Tajikistan, the final stop of his diplomatic tour.

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A day earlier (Monday), PM Shehbaz, while touching on his visit to Tehran, said that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed his serious concerns over the recent grave developments in the Subcontinent – an obvious reference to the May 7-10 Pakistan-India war.

He also said that Pakistan was ready to hold talks with India on water, counterterrorism and Kashmir, if New Delhi showed seriousness. If it wasn’t the case, then he promised to defend the country like Islamabad did in the recent conflict, the prime minister made it clear.