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Prime Minister Imran Khan will lead the Pakistani delegation during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly session in New York from 21-27 September 2019 at the conclusion of his Saudi Arabia's visit, Foreign Office said on Friday. It stated that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will also attend the General Assembly session, interact with his counterparts from various countries, and address important ministerial meetings especially the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir.

Though not mentioned in the statement, the sources said the Prime Minister would also hold meeting with US President Donald Trump at the sidelines of the UNGA in New York in which the two leaders would exchange views on issues of mutual interest including the latest development in Kashmir and the stalled Afghan peace process.

The Foreign Office said the Prime Minister would hold several bilateral meetings with his counterparts from various regions and participate in high-level UN summits on climate change, sustainable development, universal health coverage and financing for development. It sated that Prime Minister Khan would also attend and speak at high-level side events co-hosted by Pakistan and Turkey on countering hate speech and on environmental protection and poverty alleviation, co-hosted by Malaysia and Pakistan. A trilateral summit meeting of Pakistan, Malaysia and Turkey will be held on the General Assembly sidelines.

Apart from these engagements, it stated the Prime Minister would interact with cross-section of international media outlets including meetings with editorial boards. The Prime Minister's speaking engagements at leading think-tanks and meetings with heads of major international human rights organizations were also envisaged, it added.

The Prime Minister will deliver his address to the UN General Assembly on Friday, 27 September, and share Pakistan's perspective and position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute and its current human rights and related dimensions. "Pakistan has always been a strong advocate of and one of the leading contributors to the United Nations work in the areas of peace, security and development," it stated, adding that the Prime Minister's visit will further reinforce Pakistan's abiding commitment to the UN Charter, international law and cooperative multilateralism, with the UN at its core.

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