Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Meets UK National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell in London
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar had a meeting with British National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell during his official visit to the United Kingdom, in London today.
The two sides exchanged views on key regional and international security developments, including the situations in South Asia, the Middle East and Afghanistan. They also reviewed Pakistan–UK cooperation in counterterrorism and security.
The Deputy Prime Minister highlighted Pakistan’s important role in promoting regional peace and security and underscored its sustained diplomatic engagement in support of dialogue, de-escalation and negotiated outcomes.
Both sides agreed to maintain close consultations on regional security developments and to further strengthen Pakistan–UK cooperation in counter-terrorism, intelligence sharing and other areas of mutual security interest.
Reference Link:-https://mofa.gov.pk/press-releases/deputy-prime-ministerforeign-minister-meets-uk-national-security-adviser-jonathan-powell-in-london
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
