Islamabad, Nov 01: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri will visit Britain and Belgium for talks with European Union and British government leaders next week, the foreign ministry said today. Discussions will focus on Pakistan's relations with India, the situation in Afghanistan and bilateral issues, the ministry said. Kasuri's two-day visit to Britain begins Monday. He is scheduled to meet with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and other senior British government officials.
The agenda also includes terrorism, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit scheduled for January next year in Pakistan, and "nonproliferation," the foreign ministry statement said without elaborating.
From Britain, Kasuri will travel to Belgium to meet Chris Patten, the EU external affairs commissioner, and the 15-member bloc's foreign policy representative, Javier Solana. Bureau Report