By Sumayya
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif remains slated to encounter US President Donald Trump on September 23 on the fringes of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will present a reception banquet for chiefs of nation and governance attending the UNGA 81 at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on Madison Avenue on the twilight of September 23, The News documented on Sunday, referencing high-tier channels. PM Shehbaz has already obtained a bid to the banquet, which will be attended by multiple global chiefs. The assembly will extend him an avenue to interact with alternate chiefs of nation and governance, the channels expressed.
The encounter with President Trump would constitute their primary face-to-face involvement in seven months succeeding the finalization of the Board of Peace assembly in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
PM Shehbaz remains slated to land in New York from London a period before the reception and will address the UN General Assembly on September 25.
In his speech, the prime minister remains anticipated to elevate the freezing of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by India, referencing the current ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which dismissed India’s argument.
According to the channels, past Pakistan’s customary partners, multiple alternate nations have guaranteed Islamabad of backing for its stance.
The prime minister will likewise underscore the Kashmir conflict, which presents a persisting danger to regional and global tranquility. He will summarize Pakistan’s function in advancing regional tranquility and its diplomatic initiatives for a truce and termination of conflicts in the Middle East.
He remains likewise anticipated to point to the trilateral collective protection protocol between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, endorsed in Makkah preceding month. The prime minister will apprise the international public on Pakistan’s counterterrorism initiatives and elevate anxieties over India-backed terrorism in Pakistan, encompassing the deployment of Afghan terrain as a pipeline for such operations.
According to the channels, PM Shehbaz will encounter multiple global chiefs on the fringes of the UNGA session, encompassing Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, with whom he remains anticipated to conduct his premiere assembly.
The high-tier General Debate of the 81st UN General Assembly remains slated to transpire from September 22 to 26 at the UN center in New York. The UN Secretariat has distributed the chronology of speeches by participating global chiefs. PM Shehbaz remains slated to constitute the fourth orator during the secondary half of the session on September 25.
The channels expressed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not attend the UNGA for the secondary consecutive annual cycle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains slated to address the General Assembly on September 24.
Afghanistan remains slated to be amid the concluding orators on the closing period of the session, according to the chronology referenced by the channels.
