PM Shehbaz meets Joe Biden in USA visit

New York: Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif called on United States (US) President Joe Biden to discuss matters of mutual interest.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had a cordial interaction with US President Joe Biden during a high-profile dinner hosted by the US President for international leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), informed the PM office.

Both leaders exchanged warm wishes during their meeting. The dinner was held last night as part of President Biden's engagements with heads of state and government at the UNGA summit.

The meeting was seen as a gesture of goodwill amid ongoing diplomatic discussions between the two countries. 

Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif raised the issue of Gaza war and called for an immediate end to the systematic slaughterig of the Palestinians in his speech at the 79th session of United Nations General Assembly.

At the outset of his speech, the premier said it was “great honour” for him to address the UNGA for the second time as the PM of Pakistan.

Mentioning the flurry of challenges faced by the world as a whole, the PM said, “Today, we face the most daunting challenges to the world order: Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, a dangerous conflict in Ukraine, destructive conflicts across Africa and Asia, rising geopolitical tensions, resurging terrorism, galloping poverty, stifling debt and the mounting impact of climate change. We feel the chill of a new world order,” he said.