ISLAMABAD: Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith has arrived on a three-day visit to Islamabad February 16-18.
According to foreign Office this will be the first visit of a top-level Australian official after Prime Minister John Howard had visited Pakistan in 2005.
Australian Foreign Minister during his stay here would be meeting his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani and Interior Minister, Rahman Malik.The Australian foreign minister in his separate meetings would discuss matters of mutual interests regional and international issues.
Pakistan must win confidence in India by effectively fighting terrorism within its own borders, Australia's foreign minister talking to Australian radio in Canberra said Monday at the outset of a visit to Islamabad. Australia, a staunch ally in the U.S.-led war on terror, plans to reinforce U.S. President Barack Obama's message to Islamabad that Pakistan cannot provide safe haven for terrorist forces.He said Australian and Pakistani defense chiefs would meet before July to discuss Australia training more of Pakistan's military officers in counterinsurgency.
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