Ambassador Khan, President Biden discuss building ‘strong basis’ for moving ties forward

The two met during an official meeting at the White House

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Sardar Masood Khan on Tuesday visited the White House to meet President Joe Biden and have an official photograph with him – an established tradition in Washington for newly appointed envoys.

According to the press release issued by the Pakistan embassy in the US, during the ceremony, President Biden and Ambassador Khan had a brief conversation on building a strong basis for moving the US-Pakistan ties forward.

Sardar Masood Khan, Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, visited the White House to meet and greet President Joe Biden and have an official photograph with him which is an established tradition here in Washington D.C. ⁦@ForeignOfficePk⁩ pic.twitter.com/DtJV59fgvk

— Pakistan Embassy US (@PakinUSA) June 14, 2022

Forty-six other ambassadors were also present to have an official photograph with the president one by one. They too had not been able to call on Biden for more than a year because of Covid restrictions.

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Ambassador Masood Khan arrived in Washington on March 25, 2022. His credentials were received by the US chief of protocol and he was designated as “Appointed Ambassador”.

On April 19, 2022, Ambassador Khan’s credentials were formally accepted by President Biden and the official photograph taken on Tuesday completes all formalities of his appointment.