Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar arrived in New York on Monday to participate in the high-level segment of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which will take place from September 22 to 26.
Dar is part of the Pakistani delegation, which will be led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Upon his arrival, Dar was welcomed by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, and other senior officials from the Pakistani mission.
In addition to accompanying the prime minister to various engagements, Ishaq Dar will represent Pakistan in several ministerial and high-level meetings. He is also scheduled to hold over a dozen bilateral meetings with his counterparts from different countries.
