Sartaj Aziz heads to London for Pak-UK dialogue: FO

Published March 11, 2014
Sartaj Aziz is scheduled to meet with the UK Secretary of State William Hague and other senior British officials.— File photo
Sartaj Aziz is scheduled to meet with the UK Secretary of State William Hague and other senior British officials.— File photo

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz left on a governmental tour to the United Kingdom Tuesday to review the Pak-UK dialogue, DawnNews quoted the Foreign Office as saying.

Aziz is scheduled to meet with the UK Secretary of State William Hague and other senior British officials.

According to sources, a high-level dialogue between Pakistan and Britain is scheduled to take place in London next month.

Furthermore, prime ministers of both the countries would also participate in the dialogue.

Earlier in 2013, the Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and British Home Secretary Theresa May signed a memorandum of understanding on ways of countering narcotics trafficking.

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