Pakistan delegation to meet UN Security Council members today
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. PHOTO: PPP/Facebook
A high-level Pakistani delegation, led by former foreign minister and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, will meet representatives of all 15 UN Security Council member states, including the five permanent members, today, Express News reported.
The nine-member parliamentary delegation is currently in New York to hold meetings with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the President of the UN General Assembly, and ambassadors of both permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council.
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The other members of the delegation include Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Dr. Musadik Masood Malik; Chairperson, Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination and former Minister for Information and Climate Change, Senator Sherry Rehman; Chairperson, National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and former Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar; former Minister for Commerce, Defence and Foreign Affairs, Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan; former Minister for Maritime Affairs, Senator Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari; and Senator Bushra Anjum Butt.
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Curtain Raiser: Visits of High-Level Delegations to Important Capitals.
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s directive, a high-level multiparty delegation will visit New York, Washington DC, London and Brussels from 2 June 2025.
The nine-member delegation…The delegation also includes two former Foreign Secretaries, Ambassador (R) Jalil Abbas Jilani, who also served as Caretaker Foreign Minister, and Ambassador (R) Tehmina Janjua.
Another delegation, led by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Syed Tariq Fatemi, will visit Moscow from 2 June 2025.
The visits of these delegations are aimed at projecting Pakistan’s perspective on the recent Indian aggression.
The delegations will highlight Pakistan’s responsible and restrained conduct, seeking peace with responsibility, in the face of India’s reckless and belligerent actions in violation of international law.
They will also highlight that dialogue and diplomacy should take precedence over conflict and confrontation.
The delegations will underscore the imperative for the international community to play its due role in promoting a lasting peace in South Asia.The need for the immediate resumption of the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty will also be a key theme of the delegations’ outreach.
The delegations will engage in a series of meetings with the leadership of international bodies, public office holders, senior officials, parliamentarians, think tanks, media, and diaspora.According to sources, the committee headed by Bilawal will meet members of the US administration, Congress, think tanks, and media outlets to brief them on Pakistan’s stance regarding the escalating tensions with India.
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The delegation aims to highlight what it calls the root causes of potential Pakistan-India conflict and raise concerns over India’s disinformation campaigns and foreign-influenced operations targeting Pakistan.
The committee will also meet United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in New York, followed by meetings with senior officials of the Trump administration in Washington.
A key focus will be the implications of any disruption to the Indus Waters Treaty and its potential impact on regional security. "The parliamentary team will communicate how India’s provocations and disinformation threaten regional peace," a source familiar with the visit said.
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The delegation is expected to remain in the US until June 9, after which it will travel to the United Kingdom and then continue on to various European countries. Prominent members of the delegation include former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, former envoy Jalil Abbas Jilani, Khurram Dastgir, and Musadik Malik.
After the ceasefire with India, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Bilawal to lead a high-level delegation tasked with presenting 'Pakistan’s case for peace' on recent Indian aggression to the international community.
The committee will engage with global leaders and institutions to raise awareness about India’s actions and Pakistan’s concerns regarding the Indus Waters Treaty. The government has also planned to send additional delegations to other countries as part of a broader diplomatic outreach.