ISLAMABAD: A group of 19 diplomats from 14 countries called on Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood on Thursday.
The group is attending the 27th Junior Diplomatic Course at the Foreign Service Academy. The course participants are from Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestine, and Tunisia.
Welcoming the diplomats, the foreign secretary said, “peace and development”were the central pillars of Pakistan’s foreign policy framework.
In this context, he particularly highlighted Pakistan’s initiatives for peaceful resolution of disputes in various parts of the world and the renewed focus on economic diplomacy for the facilitation of core national economic development goals.
Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood received a group of 19 trainee diplomats from 14 developing countries from Africa, South Asia and Middle East, today.
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— Dr Mohammad Faisal (@ForeignOfficePk) November 21, 2019
Mahmood highlighted Pakistan’s initiatives for peaceful resolution of disputes in various parts of the world and the renewed focus on economic diplomacy for the facilitation of core national economic development goals.