Tag: foreign minister
FM Khawaja Asif to leave for China on Sept 8
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif will leave for China on an important official visit on September 8 to discuss the United States’ new policy...
China foreign minister urges US not to interfere with Tibet in...
The United States should not interfere in China's internal affairs on matters related to Tibet, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of...
Diplomatic efforts to lead global peace: Chinese Foreign Minister
The major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has been taking shape since Xi Jinping assumed China's top leadership, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday.
Speaking at a...
Erdogan names foreign minister Davutoglu as next Turkish PM
Turkish president-elect Tayyip Erdogan named Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as his future prime minister on Thursday and vowed a power struggle against a US-based...
Not here to interfere: Saudi FM
Prince Saud al Faisal says he has come to Pakistan with ‘message of friendship and cooperation’
Nawaz asks Saudi Arabia to invest in Pakistan’s energy...
Israeli foreign minister predicts ‘Persian Spring’
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday he believes "the Arab Spring will be followed by a Persian Spring," with international sanctions against Iran...
Now you have it, now you don’t
Whatever understanding Washington had with Islamabad after Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani’s statement that NATO supply lines must be reopened after a six-month closure –...
Pakistan committed to peaceful solution of Kashmir issue: Hina
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday said Pakistan was committed to a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute that needed to...
Afghan FM in Qatar for talks on Taliban
Afghanistan’s foreign minister, on a two-day visit to Qatar, said on Tuesday that reconciliation talks with the Taliban must be restricted to Afghan participation...
No pressure acceptable on Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: Hina
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that no pressure regarding the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project would be tolerated.
The foreign minister said this in...
Pakistan, Afghanistan start talks on reconciliation process
Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday started consultation on peace and reconciliation process, well-placed sources said.
The two sides agreed to closely coordinate future steps with...
Happy times, sad times
We talked but not politics
My three-day visit to London last week after nearly two years was both happy and sad. Happy because I got...
French envoy discusses EU-Pak relations with Khar
The new French Ambassador, Philippe Thibaud discussed a range of bilateral matters and exchanged views on EU-Pakistan relations as well as important regional issues...
Iran says seeks engagement on its nuclear policy
Iran said on Tuesday there were two ways of dealing with its “peaceful nuclear programme,” either engagement or confrontation, but that it preferred cooperation....
UK, Pakistan share a special bond, says Hina Khar
The UK and Pakistan have special bonds and the bilateral relations are consistent and based on mutual respect, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said...
Ending the stalemate
Why the procrastination?
After advising Marc Grossman last month to put off his visit, Islamabad has now asked Centcom Chief Gen James Mattis also to...
Indian man questioned, cleared over call to Hina Khar
A man in the southern Indian state of Karnataka was questioned by local policemen for purportedly calling Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on...
